Table 1.
Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in 601 ticks collected from the Ta-pa Mountain area in Chongqing, China.
| Pathogen Species | Tick Species (Positive Ticks No.) |
Host (Positive Ticks No.) |
Geographical Distribution (Positive Ticks No.) |
Total Prevalence % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ca. R. principis | Ha. flava (36), Ha. longicornis (2), I. ovatus (2) | dogs (38), goats (1), cattle (1) | Dongan (24), Miaoba (1), Pingba (14), Gaoyan (1) | 6.66% (40/601) |
| R. japonica | Ha. hystricis (1) | dogs (1) | Pingba (1) | 0.17% (1/601) |
| R. raoultii | Ha. longicornis (2) | goats (2) | Gaoyan (2) | 0.33% (2/601) |
| Ehrlichia sp. | Ha. flava (4), Ha. hystricis (3) | dogs (7) | Dongan (3), Pingba (4) | 1.16% (7/601) |
| A. bovis | Ha. flava (2), Ha. longicornis (10) | dogs (2), goats (10) | Dongan (1), Miaoba (5), Pingba (1), Gaoyan (3), Bashan (2) | 2.00% (12/601) |
| A. capra | Ha. longicornis (9) | goats (9) | Miaoba (9) | 1.50% (9/601) |
| Babesia sp. | Ha. flava (1) | dogs (1) | Dongan (1) | 0.17% (1/601) |
| T. capreoli | Ha. flava (1) | dogs (1) | Dongan (1) | 0.17% (1/601) |
| T. orientalis | Ha. longicornis (1) | cattle (1) | Miaoba (1) | 0.17% (1/601) |
| T. luwenshuni | I. acutitarsus (1), Ha. longicornis (17) | goats (17), cattle (1) | Dongan (1), Miaoba (14), Gaoyan (2), Bashan (1) | 3.00% (18/601) |
| Co. burnetii | I. ovatus (3), Ha. flava (3), Ha. longicornis (5) | dogs (6), goats (4), cattle (1) | Dongan (6), Miaoba (5) | 1.83% (11/601) |