Table 4. Nested PCR verification of the E. chaffeensis infection with clonal population mutants in deer blood.
Days post infection | ||||||||
*Mutant # | Animal # | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 |
2 | 1 | − | − | + | + | − | + | + |
2 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | + | − |
9 | 3 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
9 | 4 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
9 | 5 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Clonal population mutants 2 (mutation in the noncoding region between the genes Ech_0284 and Ech_0285) and 9 (mutation in the gene Ech_0660) as shown in Figure 3.