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Table 2 Hepatozoon spp. PCR results in eight tissues of foxes found with (positive) or without (negative) wheel-spoke meronts by histopathological examination of bone marrow

From: Molecular and histopathological detection of Hepatozoon canis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal

Histopathology

PCR (no. of positive samples/no. of samples tested)

Blood

Bone marrow

Heart

Hind leg muscle

Liver

Lung

Lymph node

Spleen

Positive (n = 6)

5/6

6/6

6/6

4/6

6/6

6/6

6/6

6/6

Negative (n = 6)

6/6*

6/6

4/6

3/6

5/6

6/6

5/6

5/6

  1. * Inclusion of histopathologically negative foxes was based on a positive blood PCR result.