Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays for Rapid Detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium

Table 4 Collection details for 17 A. americanum from the USA harboring DNA from Ehrlichia species

*Ehrlichia* detected^a	MAP1 types^b	Co-infection with other *Ehrlichia*	Patient	Tick isolation site
Panola Mountain Ehrlichia	Clade 2		22-year-old female	Kentucky
	B180/PMtn		52-year-old male	Maryland
	B180/PMtn		25-year-old male	Maryland
	Unknown	Ehrlichia ewingii	50-year-old male	Maryland
	Clade 2	Ehrlichia chaffeensis	41-year-old male	New Jersey
	PME + Clade 2		46-year-old male	New Jersey
	B180/PMtn		41-year-old male	New Jersey
	B180/PMtn		31-year-old male	New Jersey
	B180/PMtn		46-year-old male	New Jersey
	B180/PMtn		NR^c	Oklahoma
	Unknown		25-year-old male	Virginia
Ehrlichia chaffeensis			29-year-old male	Virginia
			18-year-old female	South Carolina
Ehrlichia ewingii			Male^d	Virginia
			Male	Virginia
			36-year-old male	Virginia
			34-year-old male	Virginia

^aEhrlichia species were detected by previously described assays [42, 45].
^bMAP1 types; B180, Clade 2, PME, and PMtn, represents the phylogenetic clade based on the sequence of Major Antigenic Protein 1 (MAP1) gene [42].
^cNR, not recorded.
^dAge was not recorded.

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