Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Research
Blood Meal Analysis to Identify Reservoir Hosts for Amblyomma americanum Ticks
Brian F. Allan
, Lisa S. Goessling, Gregory A. Storch, and Robert E. Thach
, Lisa S. Goessling, Gregory A. Storch, and Robert E. Thach
Table 3
Hybridization by host DNA to vertebrate reverse line blot probes
| Probe ID | Probe name | Vertebrate DNA hybridized |
|---|---|---|
| PRNA010 | Aves | Turdus migratorius, Meleagris gallopavo, Gallus gallus, Chen caerulescens |
| PRNA012 | Passeriformes | T. migratorius |
| PRNA029 | Galliformes | M. gallopavo, G. gallus, C. caerulescens |
| PRNA042 | Squamata/testudines | Crotophytus collaris, Elaphe obsoleta, Trachemys scripta elegans |
| PRNA043 | Amphibia | Rana clamitans |
| PRNA045 | Ruminantia | Odocoileus virginianus, Cervus elephus, Bos taurus, Sus scrofa domestica |
| PRNA018 | Leporidae | Sylvilagus floridanus, Sus scrofa domestica |
| PRNA047 | Leporidae/carnivora | S. floridanus, Felis catus, Procyon lotor |
| PRNA046 | Canidae | Canis lupus familiaris, C. latrans, Vulpes vulpes, Tamias striatus* |
| PRNA026 | Sciurus | Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger, S. griseus, Marmota monax |
| PRNA037 | Blarina | Blarina brevicauda, Sorex vagrans |
| PRNA030 | Erinaceus | No hybridization with any vertebrate DNA tested |
| PRNA017 | Myodes 1 | Myodes gapperi |
| PRNA050 | Myodes 2 | M. gapperi, Microtus californicus |
| PRNA011 | Murinae/gerbilinae | Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, Zapus hudsonius |
| PRNA034 | Rattus | Rattus norvegicus |
| PRNA033 | Mus | M. musculus |
| PRNA035 | Sigmodontinae | Peromyscus spp., Neotoma fuscipes |
| PRNA032 | Didelphis | Didelphis virginiana |
| PRNA048 | Mephitis | Mephitis mephitis |
*The reaction was confirmed by using 2 tissue samples. The PCR amplicon was sequenced and matches the Canidae probe.
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