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Table 1 Summary of histological presence of protoscolex or brood capsule in lung tissue or liver tissue and PCR results of elk specimens with Echinococcus lesions from Tennessee 2002–2017

From: Retrospective investigation of Echinococcus canadensis emergence in translocated elk (Cervus canadensis) in Tennessee, USA, and examination of canid definitive hosts

Specimen ID

Accession year

Histological evidence

PCR

GenBank ID

First BLAST result

Host species

Reference

NE 02-3628

2002

    

NE 03 2586

2003

+

+

MN833319

E. canadensis mitochondrion G10 (AB777927.1)

Alces alces

Konyaev et al. (2013) [39]

NE 04-420

2004

+

MN833320

E. canadensis mitochondrion G10 (MG597240.1)

Bos grunniens

Wu et al. (2018) [40]

NE 04-800

2004

+

    

NE 05-331

2005

+

+

MN833321

E. canadensis mitochondrion G8 (MG574827.1)

Canis latrans

Schurer et al. (2018) [41]

NE 07-1

2007

+

    

NE 08-46

2008

    

SP 17-465

2017

+

+

MN833322

E. canadensis mitochondrion G10 (MG597240.1)

Bos grunniens

Wu et al. (2018) [40]

  1. Note: Closest match on GenBank for each amplicon from this study are listed. Assigned GenBank accession numbers for submitted sequences are provided