Table 2.
Collection site of Ornithodoros sonrai ticks and infected specimens with Borrelia in Ndiop and Dielmo villages, Sine-Saloum, Senegal
| Collection site | No. of burrows investigated | No. of ticks tested | Tick species collected | No. of burrows infested | Molecular detection qPCR 16S RNA Borrelia spp. | No. of ticks kept live in livestock | Total ticks collected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study village | Household ID | No. of infected ticks | ||||||
| Ndiop | No. 3 | 1 | 2 | O. sonrai | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 2 |
| No. 5 | 8 | 22 | O. sonrai | 8/8 | 8/22 | 32 | 54 | |
| Nos. 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 27, 32, 37 | 21 | – | 0 | 0/21 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 9/30 (30%) | 8/24 (33.3%) | 32 | 56 |
| Dielmo | No. 13 | 3 | 9 | O. sonrai | 2/3 | 1/9 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 16 | 6 | 8 | O. sonrai | 1/6 | 0/8 | 10 | 18 | |
| No. 19 | 7 | 73 | O. sonrai | 5/7 | 6/73 | 20 | 93 | |
| No. 20 | 4 | 4 | O. sonrai | 2/4 | 0/4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nos. 6, 11, 18 | 10 | – | 0 | 0/10 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 30 | 94 | 1 | 10/30 (33.3%) | 7/94 (7.4%) | 30 | 124 |
| Grand total | 17 | 60 | 118 | 19/60 (31.6%) | 15/118 (13%) | 62 | 180 | |
qPCR = quantitative polymerase chain reaction.