Table 2. Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis infections among ticks in Iran (2017–2018).
| Genus | Species | Number of tested pools | Number of positive pools for F. tularensis in species (%) | Number of positive pools for F. tularensis per genus (%) | p-value | Number of positive pools for C. burnetii (%) | Number of positive pools for C. burnetii per genus (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ixodes | I. ricinus | 259 | 7 (2.7) | 7(2.7) | <0.001 | 8 (3.1) | 8 (3.1) | <0.001 |
| Haemaphysalis | Ha. concinna | 4 | 0 (0) | 4(44.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Ha. inermis | 4 | 4 (100) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Ha. punctata | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Hyalomma | Hy. anatolicum | 13 | 1 (7.7) | 4(5.8) | 1 (7.7) | 4 (5.8) | ||
| Hy. marginatum | 49 | 3 (6.1) | 3 (6.1) | |||||
| Hy. dromedarii | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Hyalomma spp. | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Rhipicephalus | Rh. bursa | 45 | 2 (4.4) | 36(9.70) | 3 (6.7) | 68 (18.3) | ||
| Rh. sanguineus | 172 | 18 (10.5) | 45 (26.2) | |||||
| Rh. turanicus | 131 | 15 (11.4) | 20 (15.3) | |||||
| Rh. annulatus | 23 | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Total | 708 | 51 (7.2) | 80 (11.3) | |||||