Table 3. Tick species collected in Senegal and studied for SFG rickettsiae.
| Species | Collected | Positive for rickettsiae: number (%) | Species of rickettsial identified | Animals from which positive ticks were collected | ||
| Niakhar region | ||||||
| Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus | 40 | 0 | - | - | ||
| Hyalomma marginatum rufipes | 115 | 60 (51.3%) | Rickettsia aeschlimannii | Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, horses | ||
| Hyalomma truncatum | 67 | 4 (6%) | Rickettsia aeschlimannii | Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, horses | ||
| Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi | 2090 | 14 (0.7%) 10 (0.5%) | Rickettsia africae Rickettsia aeschlimannii | Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, horses | ||
| Rhipicephalus guilhoni | 49 | 11 (22.4%) | Rickettsia massiliae | Predominantly donkeys (9), cows (2) | ||
| Sine-Saloum region | ||||||
| In total in region | Dielmo | Ndiop | ||||
| Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus | 5 | 1 (20%) | 0/1 (0%) | 0/2 (0%) | Rickettsia africae | Cow |
| Hyalomma marginatum rufipes | 58 | 26 (44.8%) | 0/2 (0%) | 19/43 (44%) | Rickettsia aeschlimannii | Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, horses |
| Hyalomma truncatum | 74 | 5 (6.8%) | 1/25 (4%) | 1/30 (3%) | Rickettsia aeschlimannii | Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, horses |
| 10 (13.5%) | 5/25 (20%) | 3/30 (10%) | Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae | Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, horses | ||
| Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi | 268 | 1 (0.4%) | 0/21 (0%) | 0/151 (0%) | Rickettsia conorii ssp. | Horse |
| 1 (0.4%) | 0/21 (0%) | 1/151 (0,7%) | Rickettsia africae 99% | Sheep | ||
| Rhipicephalus guilhoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Separate columns represent data for two villages in the Sine-Saloum region (Dielmo and Ndiop) where serological and molecular studies in humans were performed.