Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
Dispatch
Zoonotic Mansonella ozzardi in Raccoons, Costa Rica, 2019–2022
Joban Quesada, Paula Alfaro-Segura, Alberto Solano-Barquero, Karen Vega, Ernesto Rojas-Sánchez, Mauricio Jiménez, and Alicia Rojas
Table
Molecular and microscopic findings of Mansonella ozzardi in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Manuel Antonio National Park and surroundings, Costa Rica, 2019–2022*
| Sample identification | Sex of host | ITS1 loci results | 12S rRNA gene results | Knott’s test results, microfilariae/mL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | F | Negative | Negative | 200 |
| 2CP | F | LQS | 97% ID, 95% QC† | 600 |
| MP11 | M | 99.02% ID, 100% QC‡ | 99.02% ID, 100% QC† | Negative |
| MP12 | M | 99.1% ID, 100% QC‡ | LQS | Negative |
| MP14 | M | 97.02% ID, 100% QC‡ | LQS | 800 |
| MP16 | M | Negative | 98.68% ID, 100% QC† | 400 |
| MP17 | M | 97.37% ID, 100% QC‡ | 97.52% ID, 100% QC† | Negative |
| MP18 | M | 98.27% ID, 100% QC‡ | LQS | Negative |
*ID, percentage of identity; ITS, internal transcribed tracer; LQS, low-quality sequence; QC, query coverage. †When compared with 12S sequence from Brazil (GenBank accession no. LT623914). ‡When compared with ITS1 sequence from Brazil (GenBank accession no. MN432519).
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