Table 1.

Prevalence of Rickettsia spp., Borrelia lonestari, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Ehrlichia ewingii in ticks from Kentucky, by species and sex

Tick	Sex	Rickettsia spp., no. positive/no. tested (%)	B. lonestari, no. positive/no. tested (%)	E. chaffeensis, no. positive/no. tested (%)	E. ewingii, no. positive/no. tested (%)	Total, no. positive/no. tested (%)
Amblyomma americanum		31/108 (28.7)	1/108 (0.9)	6/108 (5.6)	4/108 (3.7)	42/108 (38.9)
	M	13/33 (39.4)	0/33	3/33 (9.1)	2/33 (6.1)	15/33 (45.5)*
	F	18/75 (24)	1/75 (1.3)	3/75 (4)	2/75 (2.7)	22/75 (29.3)*
Dermacentor variabilis		10/179 (5.6)	0/179	8/179 (4.5)	0/179	18/179 (10.1)
	M	6/78 (7.7)	0/78	4/78 (5.13)	0/78	10/78 (12.8)
	F	4/101 (4)	0/101	4/101 (4)	0/101	8/101 (7.92)
Totals		41/287 (14.3)	1/287 (0.4)	14/287 (4.9)	4/287 (1.4)	60/287 (20.9)

^*Ticks were co-infected with multiple species.