Table 1.
Prevalence of spotted fever group Rickettsiae (SFGR) infection among tick species from different areas in Zhejiang Province, China
| Daishan | Xinchang | Jindong | Tiantai | Xianju | Anji | Total (n) | SFGR positive (n) | Positive rate (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. longicornis | 53 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 110 | 6 | 5.45 |
| R. haemaphysaloides | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| A. testudinarium | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 3.57 |
| I. sinensis | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 63 | 94 | 15 | 15.96 |
| R. microplus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| I. granulatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H. yeni | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| D. taiwanensis | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| H. hystricis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| H. asiaticum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total (n) | 58 | 10 | 70 | 15 | 43 | 96 | 292 | 22 | 7.53 |
| SFGR positive (n) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Positive rate (%) | 1.72 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 0 | 9.30 | 9.38 | 7.53 |