Table 5. Percentage of positive ticks detected by PCR.
| Bacterium% (positives/tested) |
Am. variegatum | Hy. truncatum | Hy. m. rufipes | Rh (Bo) microplus | Rh. e evertsi | Rh. sanguineus sl | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickettsia. Spp. | 92.2% (168/181) | 20.5% (25/122) | 68.4% (13/19) | 7.7% (2/26) | 14.3% (1/7) | 0.8% (1/116) | 76.6% (210/274) |
| R. africae | 92.2% (168/181) | 9.8% (12/122) | 5.2% (1/19) | 7.7% (2/26) | 14.3% (1/7) | - | 87.6% (184/210) |
| R. aeschlimannii | - | 10.6% (13/122) | 52.6% (10/19) | - | - | 0.8% (1/116) | 11.4% (24/210) |
| R. mongolitimonae | - | 1.6% (2/122) | - | - | - | - | 1% (2/210) |
| Anaplasmataceae spp. | 8.3%(15/181) | 10.6%(14/122) | 10.5%(2/19) | 80.7%(24/26) | 42.8%(3/7) | 20.8% (57/274) | |
| A. marginale | - | - | - | 11.5% (3/26) | - | 6% (3/50) | |
| A. candidatus ivoriensis | - | - | - | 0.5% (1/26) | - | - | 2% (1/50) |
| E. ruminantium | 8.3% (15/181) | 2.4% (13/122) | 10.5%(2/19) | 42.3% (11/26) | 28.5% (2/7) | - | 86% (43/50) |
| Candidatus Ehrlichia rustica | - | 0.8% (1/122) | - | - | - | - | 2% (1/50) |
| Candidatus Ehrlichia urmitei | 1.1% (2/181) | 4% (2/50) | |||||
| C. burnetii | 21.5% (39/181) | 31.1% (38/122) | 26.3% (5/19) | 53.8% (14/26) | 42.8% (3/7) | 3.4% (4/116) | 37.6% (103/274) |
| Borrelia spp. | 1.1% (2/181) | 0.8% (1/122) | - | - | - | - | 1.1 (3/274) |