Table 2.

Prevalence of Rickettsia species in ticks by species and sex host, Kentucky

Tick	Sex	Rickettsia amblyommii, no. positive/no. tested (%)	Rickettsia Montana, no. positive/no. tested (%)	Rickettsia parkeri, no. positive/no. tested (%)	Total Rickettsia spp., no. positive/no. tested (%)
Amblyomma americanum		30/108 (27.8)	0/108	0/108	30/108 (27.8)
	M	13/33 (39.4)	0/33	0/33	13/33 (39.4)
	F	17/75 (22.7)	0/75	0/75	17/75 (22.7)
Dermacentor variabilis		2/179 (1.1)	8/179 (4.5)	1/179 (0.6)	11/179 (6.2)
	M	1/78 (1.3)	4/78 (5.1)	1/78 (1.3)	6/78 (7.7)
	F	1/101 (1)	4/101 (4)	0/101	5/101 (5)
Totals		32/287 (11.1)	8/287 (2.8)	1/287 (0.4)	41/287 (14.3)