Table 2.

Number of Ambyomma hebraeum nymphs and/or adults (from cattle and pasture) and cattle blood samples screened (N) and infected (NI) by PCR using the gltA and ompA genes for Rickettsiae africae in Caquba in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

Month of collection	Prevalence in cattle blood	Prevalence in A. hebraeum from cattle		Prevalence in A. hebraeum from pastures
	N (NI)	Nymphs N (NI)	Adults N (NI)	Nymphs N (NI)
July 2018	21 (4)	8 (6)	17 (8)	0
Aug 2018	12 (0)	20 (11)	43 (26)	0
Sept 2018	14 (3)	2 (0)	25 (23)	7 (2)
Oct 2018	9 (3)	0	35 (10)	5 (3)
Jan 2019	15 (0)	0	26 (15)	0
March 2019	7 (2)	6 (5)	29 (21)	0
June 2019	12 (8)	1 (1)	5 (4)	0
Total	90 (20)	37 (23)	180 (107)	12 (5)