Table 2. Detection of spotted fever group of Rickettsia and quantification of R. amblyommii in ticks from livestock.

Host	Identified tick species	SFGR (ompA)	GenBank ompA Acc #	% Nucleotide identity	R. amblyommii copies/μL (ompB qPCR)
Buffalo	Hyalomma anatolicum	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441091 JX441092 JX441095 JX441115	100	40–10497
Cattle	Hyalomma anatolicum	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441098 JX441099	100	11406- 11095
		RE H. anatolicum	JX441100		-
	Rhipicephalus microplus	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441089 JX441093	100	45–74
		RE R. microplus	JX441090 JX441094	ΔNA	-
Sheep	Hyalomma anatolicum	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441105 JX441106 JX441107 JX441108	99–100	54–4766
	Rhipicephalus microplus	RE R. microplus	JX441096 JX441097	ΔNA	-
Goat	Hyalomma anatolicum	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441109 JX441110	100	2609–10497
	Hyalomma dromoderii	RE H. dromedarii	KC245100	ΔNA	-
		Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441114 JX441111 JX441112	99–100	43–7373
	Rhipicephalus microplus	RE R. microplus	JX441116	ΔNA	-
Donkey	Hyalomma anatolicum	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441101 JX441102	99–100	3793–5668
Camel	Hyalomma anatolicum	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441103	99	5108
	Hyalomma dromoderii	Candidatus R. amblyommii	JX441113	100	61
		RE H. dromedarii	JX441104 KC245101	ΔNA	-

^ΔNA indicates–identified in this study