Table 1.
Prevalence of spotted fever group Rickettsia DNA in ticks picked from different hosts*
| Tick species | Host | Site of collection | Number of PCR-positive ticks/number of ticks tested | Sequence identification (NCBI GenBank accession no.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhipicephalus turanicus | Roe deer | Carmel Mountains (northern Israel) | 22/41 | R. massiliae (GQ856265, GQ856267) |
| Red fox | Ein Chemed Even Yehuda (central Israel) | 2/17 | ||
| Boar | Granot (northern Israel) | 1/5 | ||
| Hyalomma marginatum | Roe deer | Carmel Mountains (northern Israel) | 10/14 | R. aeschlimannii (GQ856266, GQ856268) |
| Hyalomma dentritum | Addax | Yotveta Hai-Bar (southern Israel) | 2/15 | |
| Hyalomma sp. | Boar | Ein Yakov (northern Israel) | 1/4 | |
| Red fox | Kfar Shimon (central Israel) | 1/2 | ||
| Haemaphysalis adleri | Golden jackal | Wadi Ara (central Israel) | 1/5 | “Candidatus Rickettsia goldwasserii” HM136923-HM136926 |
| Haemaphysalis parva | Golden jackal | Wadi Ara (central Israel) | 1/8 | “Candidatus Rickettsia goldwasserii” HM136927-HM136930 |
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Roe deer | Carmel Mountains (northern Israel) | 0/40 | Not applicable |
| Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) kohlsi | Roe deer | Carmel Mountains (northern Israel) | 0/14 | |
| Haemaphysalis adleri | Red fox | Beth-Shemesh (central Israel) | 0/6 | |
| Boar | Golan Heights (northern Israel) | 0/2 | ||
| Haemaphysalis parva | Red fox | Beth-Shemesh (central Israel) | 0/2 | |
| Boar | Golan Heights (northern Israel) | 0/6 |
*
PCR = polymerase chain reaction.