Table 6.
Vertebrate hosts from which ticks with tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) were isolated in the two study regions.
| TBP | Cattle (%) | Goat (%) | Sheep (%) | Dog (%) | Tortoise | Monitor lizard (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baringo County | ||||||
| N (vertebrate hosts) | 45 | 87 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| Anaplasma bovis | 8 (17.8) | 6 (6.8) | 3 (9.1) | |||
| A. ovis | 7 (15.6) | 5 (5.7) | 10 (30.3) | |||
| A. platys | 17 (19.5) | 9 (100) | ||||
| Ehrlichia ruminantium | 17 (37.8) | 14 (16.1) | 3 (9.1) | 12 (66.7) | ||
| E. canis | 15 (17.2) | 9 (100) | ||||
| Ehrlichia sp. | 11 (24.4) | 6 (6.9) | 6 (18.2) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Paracoccus sp. | 5 (11.1) | 8 (9.2) | 3 (9.1) | 3 (16.7) | ||
| Rickettsia africae | 17 (37.8) | 6 (6.8) | 11 (33.3) | |||
| R. rhipicephali | 8 (17.7) | 4 (3.4) | 5 (15.2) | 2 (22.2) | ||
| R. aeschlimannii | 5 (11.1) | 2 (2.3) | 6 (18.2) | |||
| Rickettsia sp. BR62 | 5 (5.7) | |||||
| Rickettsia sp. TICPA84 | 3 (6.7) | 2 (2.3) | 5 (15.2) | 2 (22.2) | ||
| Rickettsia sp. BR33 | 2 (2.3) | |||||
| Babesia caballi | 8 (17.7) | |||||
| Theileria sp. | 3 (6.7) | |||||
| Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi | 14 (77.8) | |||||
| Homa Bay County | ||||||
| N (vertebrate hosts) | 31 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| A. ovis | 1 (3.2) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (4.8) | |||
| A. platys | 4(12.9) | 2 (6.6) | 3 (14.3) | 4 (57.1) | ||
| E. (Cowdria) ruminantium | 9 (29.0) | 4 (13.3) | ||||
| E. canis | 1 (3.2) | 4 (57.1) | 4 (100) |
Likely novel vertebrate host-TBP associations are highlighted in bold. N, number of vertebrate hosts.
Percentages are out of the number of specific vertebrate host species sampled.