Parasite | Specimen number | Sample type | Host | Species identification diagnostic method/s |
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Plasmodium falciparum | Specimen 1 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [29] |
Plasmodium vivax | Specimen 2 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [29] |
Plasmodium ovale | Specimen 3 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [29] |
Plasmodium malariae | Specimen 4 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [29] |
Plasmodium knowlesi | Specimen 5 | EDTA blood | Macaca mulatta | Microscopy |
Babesia microti | Specimen 6 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [30] |
Babesia divergens | Specimen 7 | EDTA blood | Meriones unguiculatus | Microscopy and PCR w/s [30] |
Babesia duncani | Specimen 8 | EDTA blood | Meriones unguiculatus | Microscopy and PCR w/s [30] |
Babesia divergens-like variant MO1 | Specimen 9 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [30] |
Trypanosoma cruzi (infections) | Specimens 10 and 11 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Real-time PCR (Qvarnstrom 2012) |
Trypanosoma cruzi (culture) | Specimen 12 | RPMI culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy |
Trypanosoma brucei | Specimen 13 | HMI-9 culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy |
Leishmania infantum | Specimen 14 | RPMI culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [31] |
Leishmania donovani | Specimen 15 | RPMI culture in EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Microscopy and PCR w/s [31] |
Brugia malayi | Specimen 16 | EDTA blood | Felis catus | Microscopy |
Loa loa | Specimen 17 | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens | Real-time PCR [32] |
Mansonella perstans | Specimen 18 | Blood spot on filter paper | Homo sapiens | |
NPF (no parasite found) | N/A | EDTA blood | Homo sapiens |