Table 1.
Experiment | Sample type (N) | Number of samples |
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1 | Mouse tissues; heart (3) ear (3) bladder (3); larval ticks (2) | 11a |
2 | Mouse tissues; heart (3) ear (3) bladder (3) ankle (3); larval ticks (2) | 14a |
3 | Ticks; Ixodes scapularis (16), Amblyomma americanum (2 pools), Dermacentor variabilis (3) | 20 |
4 | Whole blood; Babesia microti contrived samples (16); healthy controls (2) | 18 |
5 | Whole blood; Babesiosis (19); healthy control (1); salmon sperm (1) | 21 |
6 | Whole blood; acute Lyme disease (15); acute babesiosis (3); healthy control (1) | 19 |
7 | Whole blood; Borrelia burgdorferi contrived samples (10); healthy controls (2) | 12 |
aEach sample was analyzed by unbiased high-throughput sequencing and TBDCapSeq.