Table 1.
Prevalence of Hepatozoon canis and H. americanum (H. am) in foxes and coyotes from the eastern US based on PCR of heart, blood, and/or spleen
| State | Fox | Coyote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples | H. canis (%) | H. am (%) | Samples | H. canis (%) | H. am (%) | |
| GA | Spleen (n = 3) | 0 | 0 | NA | – | – |
| LA | Spleen (n = 2) | 1 (50) | 0 | Spleen (n = 25) | 2 (8) | 3 (12) |
| MD | Spleen (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | Spleen (n = 1) | 0 | 0 |
| NC | Spleen (n = 3) | 0 | 0 | Spleen (n = 4) | 1 (25) | 0 |
| PA | Spleen (n = 82) | 17 (21) | 0 | Spleen (n = 0) | 7 (70) | 0 |
| SC | NA | – | – | Heart (n = 9) | 0 | 2 (22) |
| Blood (n = 59) | 2 (3) | 23 (39) | ||||
| Histology (n = 15) | 0 | 5 (33) | ||||
| Total SC coyote (n = 59) | 2 (3) | 23 (39) | ||||
| TN | Heart (n = 5) | 1 (20) | 0 | Heart (n = 61) | 0 | 0 |
| Blood (n = 1) | 1 (100) | 0 | Blood (n = 68) | 0 | 0 | |
| Histology (n = 5) | 0 | 0 | Histology (n = 66) | 0 | 0 | |
| Total TN fox (n = 5) | 1 (20) | 0 | Total TN coyote (n = 69) | 0 | 0 | |
| VA | Heart (n = 2) | 2 (100) | 0 | Heart (n = 13) | 1 (8) | 0 |
| Blood (n = 2) | 1 (50) | 0 | Blood (n = 13) | 1 (8) | 0 | |
| Total VA fox (n = 2) | 2 (100) | 0 | Histology (n = 8) | 0 | 0 | |
| Total VA coyote (n = 13) | 1 (8) | 0 | ||||
| Total | Total fox (n = 98) | 21 (21) | 0 | Total coyote (n = 180) | 13 (7) | 26 (14) |
The presence of cysts on histology, when available, is also shown. Total number positive is listed with percent positive in parentheses