Wolbachia bacteria in Mansonella perstans isolates from patients infected in different geographical areas: a pilot study from the ESCMID Study Group for Clinical Parasitology

Table 1 Origin/potential origin of Wolbachia-positive and Wolbachia-negative samples

Patient ID no.	GenBank ID	Birth country (if considered primary country of infection)	Other reported possible countries of infection	Wolbachia pos/neg
Patient ID no.	GenBank ID	Birth country (if considered primary country of infection)	Other reported possible countries of infection	Final identification	16S	ftsZ
#1	PQ525011	Cameroon	–	POS	−	+
#2	PQ525012	–*	Cameroon, DRC	POS	−	+
#3	PQ525001	Burkina Faso	Niger	POS	+	-
#4	PQ525002	Senegal	Mali, Niger	POS	+	+
#5	PQ525003	Senegal		POS	+	−
#6	PQ525004	Equatorial Guinea		NEG	−	−
#7	PQ525005	Senegal		POS	+	+
#8	PQ525006	Senegal	Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger	NEG	−	−
#9	PQ525007	Guinea Bissau	Senegal, Mali	POS	+	+
#10	na	Senegal	Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger	NEG	−	−
#11	PQ525009	Senegal	–	POS	+	+
#12	na	–*	Cameroon	POS	+	−
#13	PQ525010	Senegal	–	NEG	−	−
#14	PQ525247	Equatorial Guinea	–	POS	+	−
#15	PQ524992	Benin	Niger	NEG	−	−
#16	PQ524993	Cameroon	–	POS	+	+
#17	na	Burkina Faso	–	POS	+	−
#18	PQ524994	Cameroon	Niger, Nigeria	POS	+	+
#19	PQ524995	Republic of Guinea	–	POS	+	+

DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo. * = European country of birth. na not available

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