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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Coyotes as Reservoirs for Onchocerca lupi, United States, 2015–2018

Chandler C. RoeComments to Author , Hayley Yaglom, April Howard, Jennifer Urbanz, Guilherme G. Verocai, Lela Andrews, Veronica Harrison, Riley Barnes, Ted Lyons, Jolene R. Bowers, and David M. Engelthaler
Author affiliations: Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (C.C. Roe, H. Yaglom, V. Harrison, R. Barnes, T. Lyons, J.R. Bowers, D.M. Engelthaler); Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff (C.C. Roe, L. Andrews); Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (H. Yaglom); Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix (A. Howard); Eye Care for Animals, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (J. Urbanz); Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA (G.G. Verocai); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (G.G. Verocai)

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Table

Coyotes tested for Onchocerca lupi nematodes, United States, 2015–2018

Location No. samples No. (%) positive samples Coyote sex
Coyote age group
M F Adult Youth
Arizona
Coconino 189 5 (2.7) 97 92 177 12
Apache 106 10 (9.4) 56 50 88 18
Yavapai 86 1 (1.2) 49 37 78 8
Cochise 75 0 44 31 66 9
Mohave* 56 1 (1.8) 29 26 53 3
Navajo* 48 17 (35.4) 31 16 45 3
Graham 48 0 24 24 46 2
Maricopa 42 1 (2.4) 19 23 32 10
La Paz 14 1 (7.1) 5 9 12 2
Pima 6 0 2 4 6 0
Pinal 3 0 1 2 3 0
Yuma 1 0 1 0 1 0
Unknown† 1 0 0 1 1 0
Unknown†
1
0
0
1

1
0
New Mexico
Catron 7 0 5 2 6 1
McKinley 1 0 0 1 1 0
San Juan 4 0 1 3 4 0
Torrence 4 0 3 1 3 1
Tucamari 3 0 1 2 3 0
Quay 3 0 3 0 3 0
Hildago 2 1 (50.0) 1 1 2 0
Zuni
1
0
1
0

1
0
Nevada
Elko 4 0 3 1 4 0
Nye 2 0 1 1 2 0

*Mohave and Navajo Counties each had 1 sample for which host sex was not recorded.
†2 samples from Arizona did not have a recorded county.

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