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Table 1
List of mammal, passerine and tick species examined for the presence of tick-borne Apicomplexa in French Guiana. A detailed list of specimens and sampling locations is provided in Table S1.
| Host species | Species local name | Order | Number of examined specimens | Number of infected specimens |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babesia | Theileria | Cytauxzoon | Hepatozoon | Hemolivia | ||||
| Mammals | ||||||||
| Caluromys philander | Bare-tailed woolly opossum | Didelphimorphia | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Didelphis marsupialis | Common opossum | Didelphimorphia | 51 | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| Marmosa lepida | Rufous mouse opossum | Didelphimorphia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Marmosa murina | Linnaeus’s mouse opossum | Didelphimorphia | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Marmosops parvidens | Delicate slender opossum | Didelphimorphia | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Metachirus nudicaudatus | Brown four-eyed opossum | Didelphimorphia | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Micoureus demerarae | Woolly mouse opossum | Didelphimorphia | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Philander opossum | Gray four-eyed opossum | Didelphimorphia | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Bradypus tridactylus | Pale-throated three-toed sloth | Pilosa | 108 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Choloepus didactylus | Linnaeus’s wo-toed sloth | Pilosa | 90 | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Cyclopes didactylus | Pygmy anteater | Pilosa | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tamandua tetradactyla | Southern tamandua | Pilosa | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cabassous unicinctus | Southern naked-tailed armadillo | Cingulata | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dasypus novemcinctus | Nine-banded armadillo | Cingulata | 15 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | Capybara | Rodentia | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Holochilus sciureus | Amazonian marsh rat | Rodentia | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hylaeamys megacephalus | Large-headed rice rat | Rodentia | 15 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hylaeamys yunganus | Yungas rice rat | Rodentia | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Neacomys dubosti | Dubost’s bristly mouse | Rodentia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Neacomys paracou | Paracou bristly mouse | Rodentia | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nectomys rattus | Small-footed bristly mouse | Rodentia | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oecomys auyantepui | North Amazonian arboreal rice rat | Rodentia | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oecomys bicolor | Bicolored arboreal rice rat | Rodentia | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oligoryzomys fulvescens | Fulvous pygmy rice rat | Rodentia | 7 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Makalata didelphoides | Brazilian spiny tree rat | Rodentia | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mesomys hispidus | Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat | Rodentia | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Proechimys cuvieri | Cuvier’s spiny-rat | Rodentia | 18 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Proechimys guyannensis | Guyenne spiny-rat | Rodentia | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coendou melanurus | Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine | Rodentia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coendou sp. | Prehensile-tailed porcupines | Rodentia | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Mus musculus | House mouse | Rodentia | 34 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rattus rattus | Black rat | Rodentia | 19 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sciurus aestuans | Guianan squirrel | Rodentia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Felis wiedii | Margay | Carnivora | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Puma yagouaroundi | Jaguarundi | Carnivora | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eira barbara | Tayra | Carnivora | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Galictis vittata | Greater grison | Carnivora | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Lontra longicaudis | Neotropical river otter | Carnivora | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Potos flavus | Kinkajou | Carnivora | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alouatta macconnelli | Guyanan red howler | Primates | 22 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saguinus midas | Golden-handed tamarin | Primates | 41 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cebus apella | Tufted capuchin | Primates | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saimiri sciureus | Guianan squirrel monkey | Primates | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pithecia pithecia | White-faced saki | Primates | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Birds | ||||||||
| Glyphorynchus spirurus | Wedge-billed woodcreeper | Passeriformes | 96 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pipra aureola | Crimson-hooded manakin | Passeriformes | 36 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ceratopipra erythrocephala | Golden-headed manakin | Passeriformes | 35 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chiroxiphia pareola | Blue-backed manakin | Passeriformes | 44 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Myrmotherula axillaris | White-flanked antwren | Passeriformes | 36 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ticks | ||||||||
| Ornithodoros capensis | Seabird tick | Ixodida | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma cajennense | Cayenne tick | Ixodida | 15 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma calcaratum | – | Ixodida | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma coelebs | – | Ixodida | 31 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma dissimile | Iguana tick | Ixodida | 21 | – | – | – | 2 | 11 |
| Amblyomma geayi | – | Ixodida | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma goeldii | – | Ixodida | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma humerale | – | Ixodida | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma latepunctatum | – | Ixodida | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma longirostre | – | Ixodida | 23 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma naponense | – | Ixodida | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma oblongoguttatum | – | Ixodida | 42 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Amblyomma pacae | – | Ixodida | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma romitii | – | Ixodida | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma rotundatum | – | Ixodida | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma scalpturatum | – | Ixodida | 9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amblyomma varium | Sloth’s giant tick | Ixodida | 7 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rhipicephalus microplus | Asian blue tick/Tropical cattle tick | Ixodida | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Brown dog tick | Ixodida | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dermacentor nitens | Tropical horse tick | Ixodida | 55 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Haemaphysalis juxtakochi | – | Ixodida | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ixodes luciae | Opossum tick | Ixodida | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Total | 1161 | 21 | 3 | – | 15 | 11 | ||
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