Table 1.
Prevalence of Babesia spp. infections in wildlife in the eastern United States Percent positive is shown with the number positive and total number tested shown in parenthesis. Information on the Babesia sequences detected can be found in Supplementary Table 1.
| State | Bear | Bobcat | Coyote | Gray fox | Groundhog | Mink | Muskrat | Raccoon | Red Fox | Skunk | VOPO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | – | – | 0% (0/7) | 7.7% (1/13) | – | – | – | – | 50% (3/6) | – | – |
| Louisiana | – | – | 0% (0/25) | 0% (0/1) | – | – | – | – | 0% (0/1) | – | – |
| Maryland | – | – | 0% (0/1) | – | – | – | – | – | 0% (0/1) | – | – |
| North Carolina | – | – | 0% (0/4) | 0% (0/2) | – | – | – | – | 0% (0/1) | – | – |
| Oklahoma | – | – | 0% (0/26) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pennsylvania | 0% (0/28) | – | 0% (0/10) | – | 0% (0/23) | 0% (0/10) | 0% (0/159) | 33.3% (2/6) | 24.4% (20/82) | 28.1% (16/57) | – |
| South Carolina | – | – | 0% (0/58) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tennessee | – | 0% (0/1) | 0% (0/74) | 100% (2/2) | – | – | – | 74.3% (87/117) | 50% (2/4) | 71.4% (5/7) | 3.6% (1/28) |
| Texas | – | – | 0% (0/12) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Virginia | – | – | 0% (0/13) | 0% (0/1) | 0% (0/4) | – | – | – | 0% (0/2) | – | – |
| Total | 0% (0/28) | 0% (0/1) | 0% (0/230) | 15.8% (3/19) | 0% (0/27) | 0% (0/10) | 0% (0/159) | 72.4% (89/123) | 25.8% (25/97) | 32.8% (21/64) | 3.6% (1/28) |
∗VOPO, Virginia opossum.