Table 2.
The positive samples of spotted fever group Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii in ticks in this study.
| Organism | Number and prevalence (%) of individual ticks positive for single and co-infections |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Przewalski’s Gazelle (n = 56) | Tibetan sheep (n = 257) | Total sample (n = 313) | |
| Single | |||
| R. raoultii (R.rao) | 13 (23.2) | 81 (31.5) | 94 (30.0) |
| R. sibirica (R.sib) | 2 (3.6) | 17 (6.6) | 19 (6.1) |
| R. slovaca (R.slo) | 1 (1.8) | 8 (3.1) | 9 (2.9) |
| C. burnetii (C.bur) | 2 (3.6) | 9 (3.5) | 11 (3.5) |
| Double | |||
| R. rao + R. sib | 1 (1.8) | 4 (1.6) | 5 (1.6) |
| R. rao + R. slo | 1 (1.8) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.0) |
| R. rao + C. bur | 1 (1.8) | 3 (1.2) | 4 (1.3) |
| Total | |||
| R. raoultii | 16 (28.6) | 90 (35.0) | 106 (33.9) |
| R. sibirica | 3 (5.4) | 21 (8.2) | 24 (7.7) |
| R. slovaca | 2 (3.6) | 10 (3.9) | 12 (3.8) |
| SFG Rickettsia | 19 (33.9) | 115 (44.7) | 134 (42.8) |
| C. burnetii | 3 (5.4) | 12 (4.7) | 15 (4.8) |
| Co-infections | 3 (5.4) | 9 (3.5) | 12 (3.8) |