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Table 2 Babesia / Theileria species identification

From: Piroplasmosis in wildlife: Babesia and Theileria affecting free-ranging ungulates and carnivores in the Italian Alps

Host

Area of origin

Babesia/Theileria specie

GenBank accession no.

Chamois [R. rupicapra]

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. capreoli

KF773728*

 

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. capreoli

KF773729

 

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. capreoli

KF773730

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. capreoli

KF773728*

Red deer [C. elaphus]

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. capreoli

KF773718

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

Theileria sp.

KF773724

 

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

Theileria sp.

KF773725

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. bigemina

KF773727

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. capreoli

KF773733

 

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. capreoli

KF773734

 

NE Piedmont, Biella Province

B. capreoli

KF773735

 

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

B. capreoli

KF773736

Roe deer [C. capreolus]

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

B. bigemina

KF773715

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. bigemina

KF773719

 

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. bigemina

KF773720

 

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. bigemina

KF773721

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. venatorum

KF773722

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. capreoli

KF773723

 

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

B. capreoli

KF773724

 

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

B. capreoli

KF773731

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. venatorum

KF773732

 

SW Piedmont, Cuneo Province

B. capreoli

KF773737

Wild boar [S. scrofa]

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

B. bigemina

KF773716

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

B. bigemina

KF773717

 

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

Theileria sp.

KF773738

 

SE Piedmont, Alessandria Province

Theileria sp.

KF773739

Red fox [V. vulpes]

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

T. annae

KF773740

 

NW Piedmont, Torino Province

T. annae

KF773741

  1. Babesia/Theileria species was determined, for selected positive samples, by sequencing of PCR products. For each of the five animal species in which piroplasmid DNA was detected we reported the parasite species, the GenBank accession number attributed to each isolate and the area of origin. *A unique accession number was attributed to two chamois.