Novel genotypes of Hepatozoon spp. in small mammals, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Data of the 21 small mammals that were shown to contain Hepatozoon DNA by two PCR protocols, one targeting a small fragment (≈540 bp) and the other targeting a large fragment (≈1700 bp) of the Hepatozoon 18S RNA gene

Mammal individual Code	Area^a	Mammal species	Results of PCR targeting the 18S rRNA gene
Mammal individual Code	Area^a	Mammal species	Positive samples	Small fragment haplotype^b	Large fragment haplotype^c [GenBank accession number]
PR065	A4	Nectomys squamipes	Spleen	1^d
RP033	A5	Oligoryzomys sp.	Lung	1
HF006	A6	Akodon sp.	Lung, liver, spleen	2
HF010	A6	Akodon sp.	Liver	2
HF015	A6	Akodon sp.	Liver	2	HF015 [OM033663]
HF025	A6	Akodon sp.	Blood	2
HF027	A6	Akodon sp.	Lung	2
HF005	A6	Akodon sp.	Lung, liver, spleen	2	HF005 [OM033660]
HF009	A6	Euryoryzomys russatus	Lung	2	HF009 [OM033661]
HF014	A6	E. russatus	Lung	2	HF014 [OM033662]
HF021	A6	E. russatus	Lung	2
PS003	A7	Gracilinanus microtarsus	Liver	4
PS001	A7	Monodelphis domestica	Lung, spleen	4	PS001 [OM033664]
PS063	A7	M. domestica	Lung, liver, spleen	4
PS082	A7	M. domestica	Liver, spleen	4
PS113	A7	M. domestica	Lung, liver, spleen	4
PS130	A7	M. domestica	Lung, spleen	4
PS085	A7	Oecomys marmorae	Lung	3	PS085 [OM033665]
PS119	A7	O. marmorae	Lung, spleen	3
PS125	A7	O. marmorae	Lung, liver, spleen	3
PS022	A7	Thrichomys pachyurus	Lung	3

^aAreas A4, A5, A6, and A7 are indicated in Fig. 1;
^bsee Fig. 2;
^csee Fig. 3;
^dGenBank accession number for haplotype 1 is OM033659; haplotypes 2, 3, and 4 are within the respective large fragment haplotypes, for which GenBank accession numbers are provided in the last column of the Table

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