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Table 1 Characterization of samples from Australian vertebrates that tested positive for trypanosome infection

From: Meta-transcriptomic identification of Trypanosoma spp. in native wildlife species from Australia

Library

Host

No. of individuals examined

Tissue

Health status

Location

PCR result (n)

Vert1

Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) #1

1

Brain

Severe pulmonary congestion and oedema

Pittwater

Positive

Vert11

Regent honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia)

1

Lung

Unknown

Sydney basin

Positive

Vert18

Bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

5

Liver

Healthy

Southern Tasmania

Positive (n = 3); negative (n = 2)

Vert21

Southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)

1

Tail skin

Proliferative to ulcerative skin lesions

Sydney basin

Positive

Vert22

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

7

Liver

Healthy

Sydney basin

Positive (n = 5); negative (n = 2)

Vert43

Eastern dwarf tree frog (Litoria fallax)

1

Testes and liver

Diseased

Kooragang island (NSW)

Positive

Vert48

Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) #2

1

Liver and ear

Lumpy jaw and ear lesions

Mimosa National Park (NSW)

Positive

  1. Note: Libraries are indicated using alphanumeric codes and represent the collection of RNA fragments generated per sample for RNA sequencing
  2. Abbreviation: n, number of samples