TABLE 1.

Arthropod and rodent species investigated for the presence of hemotropic mycoplasmas^a

Sample group	No. of samples	Source(s) or reference	Pooled for extraction	NA extraction method	No. (%) tested PCR positive for the indicated speciese
					M. haemofelis	“Ca. Mycoplasma haemominutum”	“Ca. Mycoplasma turicensis”	M. coccoides
Ticks from animals
Ixodes sp.	71	39 cats	1-3	DNeasy tissue kit	0	2 (2.8)	0	ND
	110	66 dogs	1-4	DNeasy tissue kit	0	0	0	ND
Rhipicephalus sp.
Rhipicephalus sp.	26	Miscellaneous		DNeasy tissue kit	0	0	0	ND
R. sanguineus	23	3		QIAamp DNA minikit	0	0	1 (4.3)d	ND
R. turanicus	18	3		QIAamp DNA minikit	0	0	0	ND
Ticks from vegetation	1,950	Vegetation	10	MagNa Pure	0	0	0	ND
Fleas
C. felis	73	17 cats	1-5	DNeasy tissue kit	0	2 (2.7)	0	ND
C. canis	4	4 cats		DNeasy tissue kit	0	0	0	ND
Rodents
A. terrestris	186	Free-living rodentsb,c		MagNa Pure	0	0	0	0
Apodemus sp.	45	Free-living rodents		MagNa Pure	0	0	0	24 (53)
M. glareolus	11	Free-living rodentsc		MagNa Pure	0	0	0	1 (9.1)
Microtus sp.	7	Free-living rodentsc		MagNa Pure	0	0	0	0
M. domesticus	7	Free-living rodents		MagNa Pure	0	0	0	0

^aThe table shows the species, number, source, and extraction methods used for ticks, fleas, and rodents collected from throughout Switzerland and the numbers and percentages that tested PCR positive for M. haemofelis, “Ca. Mycoplasma haemominutum,” “Ca. Mycoplasma turicensis,” and M. coccoides.

^bReference 20 (Schwarzenbach et al., 2004).

^cReference 23 (Stieger et al., 2002).

^dCollected indoors from a dog-keeping household or directly from a dog.

^eND, not determined.