Table 3.
Organisms tested for the analytical specificity panel
| Type | Organismsa |
|---|---|
| Babesia species | Babesia bigemina, Babesia caballi, Babesia divergens*, Babesia gibsoni, Babesia microtib*, Babesia odocoilei |
| Other parasites | Leishmania amazonensis, Leishmania guyanensis, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale (two sequence variants), Plasmodium vivax, Trypanosoma brucei |
| Bacteria | Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella henselae, Borrelia burgdorferi B31, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Escherichia coli, Rickettsia rickettsii, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Treponema pallidum, Treponema denticola |
a
Of the 24 pathogens listed, only B. microti produced a positive result. *, Species of Babesia that are known human pathogens.
b
Babesia microti yielded the only DNA sample that gave a positive result by real-time PCR.