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. 2016 Mar 15;9:151. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1424-6

Table 1.

Overview of 398 ticks that built the basis of this study

Morphologically assigned species name Quantity Sex Geographical origin Source
Amblyomma gemma 21 4 F, 15 M, 2 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Amblyomma hebraeum 4 2 F, 1 M, 1 ND Zimbabwe Vegetation
Amblyomma variegatum 21 4 F, 15 M, 2 ND Kenya Lab colony
Amblyomma variegatum 19 5 F, 14 M Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum 13 10 F, 1 M, 2 ND Sudan Vegetation
Hyalomma dromedarii 3 2 M, 1 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Hyalomma marginatum rufipes 18 5 F, 11 M, 2 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Hyalomma truncatum 14 5 F, 6 M, 3 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Hyalomma sp. 16 8 F, 6 M, 2 ND Kenya Lab colony
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus 22 21 F, 1 M Kenya Lab colony
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus 19 19 F Kenya & Sudan Animal
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus 21 21 F Kenya Lab colony
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus 3 3 F Kenya Animal
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus 40 16 F, 23 M, 1 ND Kenya Lab colony (Muguga)
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus 38 15 F, 22 M, 1 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus 9 8 F, 1 ND Kenya Lab colony (Kiambu)
Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi 27 10 F, 16 M, 1 ND Kenya Lab colony
Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi 28 7 F, 20 M, 1 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Rhipicephalus praetextatus 8 5 F, 2 M, 1 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Rhipicephalus pulchellus 37 21 F, 14 M, 2 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
Rhipicephalus simus 17 8 F, 7 M, 2 ND Kenya Vegetation & Animal
 Total 398

ND sex not determined, M male, F female