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. 2012 Sep 24;7(9):e45147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045147

Table 1. Presence of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue samples from five different organs in 16 macropod marsupials of three species (Macropus rufus, M. fuliginosus and M. robustus) tested by direct PCR.

Animal ID Species Organ Infected? Animal ID Species Organ Infected?
K-1 M. rufus Heart positive K-9 M. fuliginosus Heart positive
Liver negative Liver positive
Lung positive Lung negative
Spleen positive Spleen positive
Diaphragm positive Diaphragm positive
K-2 M. rufus Heart negative K-10 M. fuliginosus Heart positive
Liver positive Liver positive
Lung negative Lung negative
Spleen negative Spleen positive
Diaphragm positive Diaphragm positive
K-3 M. rufus Heart positive K-11 M. fuliginosus Heart positive
Liver positive Liver positive
Lung positive Lung positive
Spleen positive Spleen positive
Diaphragm positive Diaphragm positive
K-4 M. rufus Heart positive K-12 M. robustus Heart positive
Liver negative Liver negative
Lung negative Lung negative
Spleen positive Spleen positive
Diaphragm positive Diaphragm negative
K-5 M. rufus Heart negative K-13 M. robustus Heart positive
Liver negative Liver negative
Lung negative Lung negative
Spleen positive Spleen negative
Diaphragm negative Diaphragm positive
K-6 M. rufus Heart negative K-14 M. robustus Heart positive
Liver positive Liver negative
Lung negative Lung positive
Spleen negative Spleen positive
Diaphragm negative Diaphragm negative
K-7 M. fuliginosus Heart positive K-15 M. robustus Heart positive
Liver negative Liver negative
Lung negative Lung negative
Spleen positive Spleen negative
Diaphragm negative Diaphragm negative
K-8 M. fuliginosus Heart positive K-16 M. robustus Heart positive
Liver positive Liver negative
Lung negative Lung positive
Spleen negative Spleen negative
Diaphragm positive Diaphragm negative