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Table 1 Host, source, and original identification method of samples used in this study

From: Sensitive universal detection of blood parasites by selective pathogen-DNA enrichment and deep amplicon sequencing

Parasite

Specimen number

Sample type

Host

Species identification diagnostic method/s

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

Real-time PCR [33, 34]

NPF (no parasite found)

N/A

EDTA blood

Homo sapiens

Microscopy, PCR [29,30,31]

  1. w/s with Sanger sequencing of PCR product, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FR3 Filariasis Research Reagent Resource Center, PDB Parasitic Diseases Branch, UGA University of Georgia, NIH National Institutes of Health