Table 3.
Locations, numbers of questing ticks, and prevalence of pathogensa
| Location | No. of ticks | No. (%) of ticks harboring: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphaproteobacterium | R. massiliae | RRG | Borrelia sp. | Unknown bacterium | C. burnetii | ||
| Alowo-nle | 100 | — | 4 (4) | — | — | — | — |
| Igbo Ora | 100 | — | 2 (2) | — | — | — | — |
| Fuleni | 100 | — | 1 (1) | — | — | — | — |
| Maya | 100 | — | 2 (2) | — | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | — |
| Lanlate | 100 | 2 (2) | 8 (8) | — | — | 4 (4) | — |
| Elepo | 100 | — | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | — | — | — |
| Orisunbare | 100 | — | 2 (2) | — | — | 3 (3) | 1 (1) |
| Total | 700 | 2 (0.3) | 21 (3)* | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.4) | 9 (1.3) | 1 (0.1)* |
a
RRG, Rickettsia rickettsii group; —, not detected (0%). Asterisks mark rates which differ significantly from those observed in ticks from cattle (P < 0.05).