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. 2000 Nov;66(11):4954–4961. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.11.4954-4961.2000

TABLE 1.

P. carinii DNA in nonimmunosuppressed wild rats

Rat sample no. Date of capture (day-mo-yr) No. of days in captivity Sexa Wt at capture (g) Presence of DNA fromb:
Any P. carinii by PCR
Formae speciales by specific PCR
New formae speciales
Single round (H + E) Nested (X + Z) carinii (RC1 + RC2) ratti (RR1 + RR2) rattus-secundi (X + Z) rattus-tertii (X + Z) rattus-quarti (X + Z)
WR2374 26-Nov-96 74 M 173.8 + + +
WR2377 28-Nov-96 69 F 161.0 + +
WR2381 4-Dec-96 69 F 82.5 + + +
WR2382 5-Dec-96 61 M 302.1 + + +
WR2385A 6-Dec-96 63 F 192.5 + +
WR2386 12-Dec-96 53 M 253.4 + + +
WR2388A 12-Dec-96 35 F 114.1 + + +
WR2395 9-Jan-97 1 F 85.8 + +
WR2397A 14-Jan-97 0 F 191.2 + +
WR2397B 14-Jan-97 0 M 158.6 + +
WR2398 15-Jan-97 42 F 167.8 + + + +
WR2399 15-Jan-97 35 M 210.4 + + + +
WR2400 16-Jan-97 6 F 246.9 + + +
WR2401 16-Jan-97 53 M 322.6 + +
WR2405 17-Jan-97 54 M 263.1 + + +
WR2409 22-Jan-97 49 F 97.6 + + +
WR2414 28-Jan-97 44 F 256.0 + +
WR2419 30-Jan-97 42 M 280.4 + + +
WR2422C 4-Feb-97 37 M 433.6 + +
WR2422D 4-Feb-97 37 M 299.6
WR2422E 4-Feb-97 39 F 121.6 + +
WR2422F 4-Feb-97 39 F 201.6 + +
WR2424 4-Feb-97 36 F 145.7 + + +
WR2425 5-Feb-97 19 F 224.8 + +
WR2426 5-Feb-97 8 F 67.0 + + + +
WR2428A 6-Feb-97 33 M 292.8 + +
WR2430A 7-Feb-97 32 M 240.2 + + +
WR2432 10-Feb-97 7 M 118.4 + + + +
WR2433 11-Feb-97 0 F 118.7 + + + +
WR2441D 19-Feb-09 36 M 387.8
WR2442A 19-Feb-97 37 F 123.1 + + +
WR2442B 19-Feb-97 37 F 194.3 + + +
WR2444D 19-Feb-97 36 F 272.5 + + + +
WR2446 20-Feb-97 78 F 127.4 + + + +
WR2447 20-Feb-97 75 M 279.3 + +
WR2449A 21-Feb-97 3 F 181.3 + + +
WR2449B 21-Feb-97 4 F 225.3 + +
WR2455 27-Feb-97 0 M 172.8
WR2466 5-Mar-97 61 M 298.9 + +
WR2470 7-Mar-97 59 F 219.0 + + + +
WR2471 13-Mar-97 4 F 133.1 + +
WR2473 18-Mar-97 48 F 142.7 + + +
WR2484A 26-Mar-97 1 F 145.3 + + + +
WR2486 4-Apr-97 6 M 271.7 + + +
WR2494 15-Apr-97 3 F 147.2 + + + +
WR2498 16-Apr-97 3 F 144.8 + +
WR2502 22-Apr-97 0 F 111.0 + +
WR2511 29-Apr-97 0 M 206.7 + + + +
WR2512 29-Apr-97 6 F 188.0 + +
WR2515 1-May-97 0 M 216.0 + +
WR2519A 6-May-97 0 M 44.5
Total positive 11 47 36 32 3 1 2
% Positive 21.6 92.2 70.6 62.7 5.9 2.0 3.9
a

F, female; M, male. 

b

+, present; −, absent; H, primer pAZ102-H; E, primer pAZ102-E; X, primer pAZ102-X/RI; Z, primer pAZ102-Z/RI.