Table 1. Prevalence of Coxiella-like endosymbionts in ticks infesting horses reared on Jeju Island, Korea, determined by 16S rRNA nested PCR.
Tick species | Developmental stage | Number of ticks tested | Number of ticks positive (%) | 95% CI* |
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Haemaphysalis longicornis | Adult | 231 | 121 (52.4) | 45.9–58.8 |
*CI, confidence interval