Detection of Leishmania DNA in wild foxes and associated ticks in Patagonia, Argentina, 2000 km south of its known distribution area

Millán, Javier; Travaini, Alejandro; Zanet, Stefania; López-Bao, José Vicente; Trisciuoglio, Anna; Ferroglio, Ezio; Rodríguez, Alejandro

doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1515-4

Table 1 Foxes (Pseudalopex spp.) and ticks analyzed for the presence of Leishmania DNA in Patagonia, Argentina

From: Detection of Leishmania DNA in wild foxes and associated ticks in Patagonia, Argentina, 2000 km south of its known distribution area

Ref.	Species	Location^a	Date	Blood preservation	PCR result^b		Ticks (Amblyomma tigrinum)^c
					Protocol 1	Protocol 2	Females	PCR Result	Males	PCR Result
ZG1	P. griseus	MNBP	26/11/2010	FTA card	Positive	Positive	5	Positive	8	Negative
ZG2	P. griseus	MNBP	26/11/2010	FTA card	Positive	Positive	1	Positive	2	Negative
ZG3	P. griseus	MNBP	29/11/2010	FTA card	Positive	Negative	10	Negative	17	Negative
ZG4	P. griseus	MNBP	29/11/2010	FTA card	Positive	Negative	5	Positive	6	Positive
ZG5	P. griseus	MNBP	02/12/2010	FTA card	Positive	Negative	2	Positive	2	Positive
ZC1	P. culpaeus	MNBP	20/02/2011	FTA card	Negative	Negative	7	Negative	6	Positive
ZG6	P. griseus	MNBP	11/04/2011	FTA card	Positive	Positive	0	-	1	Positive
ZG7	P. griseus	MNBP	11/04/2011	FTA card	Positive	Negative	1	Negative	1	Positive
ZG8	P. griseus	MNBP	12/04/2011	FTA card	Negative	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZC2	P. culpaeus	MNBP	14/04/2011	-	-	-	1	Positive	0	-
ZG10	P. griseus	MNBP	16/04/2011	FTA card	Positive	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG11	P. griseus	MNBP	18/04/2011	FTA card	Negative	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG12	P. griseus	MNBP	02/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	-	0	-	0	-
ZG13	P. griseus	MNBP	02/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	-	1	Positive	0	-
ZG14	P. griseus	MNBP	05/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	-	0	-	0	-
ZG15	P. griseus	MNBP	06/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	-	0	-	0	-
ZG16	P. griseus	MNBP	08/04/2012	FTA card	Positive	-	0	-	0	-
ZG17	P. griseus	MNBP	16/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	-	0	-	0	-
ZG18	P. griseus	MNBP	17/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG19	P. griseus	MNBP	17/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG20	P. griseus	MNBP	19/04/2012	FTA card	Negative	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG21	P. griseus	MNBP	23/08/2012	FTA card	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG22	P. griseus	MNBP	14/09/2012	FTA card	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG23	P. griseus	MNBP	15/09/2012	FTA card	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG24	P. griseus	MNBP	17/09/2012	FTA card	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG25	P. griseus	MNBP	18/09/2012	FTA card	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG26	P. griseus	ML	28/09/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Positive	0	-	0	-
ZG27	P. griseus	ML	28/09/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Positive	0	-	0	-
ZG28	P. griseus	ML	01/10/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG29	P. griseus	ML	01/10/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Positive	0	-	0	-
ZG30	P. griseus	ML	03/10/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG31	P. griseus	ML	03/10/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG32	P. griseus	ML	03/10/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Negative	0	-	0	-
ZG33	P. griseus	ML	03/10/2013	95 % ethanol	-	Negative	0	-	0	-

^aMNBP: Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados National Park; ML: Monte León National Park
^bProtocol 1: perfomed at Facoltá di Medicina Veterinaria, Universitá degli Studi di Torino, Italia; Protocol 2: perfomed at VetGenomics, Barcelona, Spain
^cTicks were analyzed in pools. Results refer to the diagnostic by Protocol 1. Presence of Leishmania DNA in tick from ZG2 was also confirmed by Protocol 2
Positive cases are bold

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