Table 4. Distribution of ticks collected during the investigation of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak, Nouakchott, Mauritania, March 2003.
| Tick species/host | No. ticks |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Market | Positive pools/total pools tested | |
| Hyalomma dromedarii | |||
| Cattle | 0 | 49 | 0/30 |
| Camels | 0 | 39 | 0/21 |
| Floor | 0 | 54 | 0/54 |
| Total | 0 | 142 | 0/105 |
| H. marginatum rufipes | 0 | 8 | 0/2 |
| Cattle | |||
| Camels | 0 | 3 | 0/1 |
| Sheep | 6 | 9 | 0/10 |
| Total | 6 | 20 | 0/13 |
| H. impeltatum | |||
| Cattle | 0 | 11 | 0/6 |
| Sheep | 8 | 8 | 0/7 |
| Floor | 0 | 3 | 0/3 |
| Total | 8 | 22 | 0/16 |
| Hyalomma sp. | |||
| Sheep | 1 | 0 | 0/1 |
| Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi | |||
| Sheep | 97 | 75 | 4/56 |
| Goats | 2 | 0 | 0/1 |
| Total | 99 | 75 | 4/57 |
| R. sanguineus | |||
| Dogs | 5 | 0 | 0/2 |
Total
119
259
4/194