Table 3.
Number of domestic dogs and wild mammals positive in qPCR and cPCR assays for Ehrlichia and Anaplasma
| HOST | Agents | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ehrlichia | Anaplasma | |||||||||
| qPCR groEL | qPCR dsb | cPCR 16SrRNA | qPCR groEL+ | qPCR groEL+ | qPCR dsb + cPCR 16SrRNA | qPCR groEL + qPCR dsb + cPCR 16SrRNA | qPCR groEL | cPCR 16SrRNA | qPCR groEL+ | |
| qPCR dsb | cPCR 16SrRNA | cPCR 16SrRNA | ||||||||
| Canis familiaris (domestic dog) | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | 2 | – |
| Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox) | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nasua nasua (coati) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| Leopardus pardalis (ocelot) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Clyomys laticeps | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Thrichomys fosteri | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Oecomys mamorae | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Gracilinamus agilis | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Thylamys macrurus | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Monodelphis domestica | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Amblyomma ovale adult | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Amblyomma sculptum adult | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| Amblyomma sculptum nymphal pool | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Amblyomma parvum adult | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Amblyomma larvae pool | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi bohlsi | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 4 | 9 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 |