Fig. 2.

Analyses of viral abundance in free and engorged ticks. A A heatmap of the abundances of viruses identified in the pools of free and engorged ticks collected from different locations. TPM values were calculated by merging tick pools from the same location. B Abundances of viruses which were identified in both free and engorged ticks. Viruses having higher average abundances in free ticks than in engorged ticks are shaded in green and those with lower abundances in free ticks than in engorged ticks are shaded in yellow. Those having equal abundances in free and engorged ticks are shaded in gray.