Table 2.
Host ticks and geographic origin of 15 gltA genotypes of spotted fever group rickettsiae.
| gltA genotype | Tick species | No. of positive/No. tested (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | Tohoku | Chubu | Kansai | Kyushu | Okinawa | Total | ||
| G1 | H. megaspinosa | 5/94 (5.3) | 0/2 (0) | − | 14/97 (14.4) | 8/8 (100) | - | 27/201 (13.4) |
| G2 | H. hystricis | − | − | − | 5/8 (62.5) | 31/53 (58.5) | 0/3 (0) | 36/64 (56.3) |
| G3 | I. persulcatus | 44/376 (11.7) | 2/51 (3.9) | 0/11 (0) | 0/8 (0) | − | − | 46/446 (10.3) |
| G4 | I. persulcatus | 96/376 (25.5) | 0/51 (0) | 1/11 (9.1) | 0/8 (0) | − | − | 97/446 (21.7) |
| G5 | I. persulcatus | 7/376 (18.6) | 0/51 (0) | 0/11 (0) | 0/8 (0) | − | − | 7/446 (1.6) |
| G5 | I. monospinosus | − | 34/58 (58.6) | − | − | − | − | 34/58 (58.6) |
| G6 | H. longicornis | 0/4 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 5/5 (100) | 49/61 (80.3) | 0/14 (0) | − | 54/86 (62.8) |
| G7 | H. formosensis | − | − | − | 0/34 (0) | 1/216 (0.5) | 0/3 (0) | 1/253 (0.4) |
| G8 | A. testudinarium | − | − | − | 11/64 (17.2) | 4/20 (20.0) | 1/1 (100) | 16/85 (18.8) |
| G9 | H. kitaokai | − | − | − | 2/43 (4.7) | 0/14 (0) | 0/17 (0) | 2/74 (2.7) |
| G10 | I. nipponensis | — | 2/3 (66.7) | − | 2/2 (100) | − | − | 4/5 (80.0) |
| G11 | H. japonica | 2/49 (4.1) | 2/27 (7.4) | − | 0/2 (0) | − | − | 4/78 (5.1) |
| G11 | H. flava | − | 3/28 (10.7) | − | 4/71 (5.6) | 1/29 (3.4) | − | 8/128 (6.3) |
| G12 | H. flava | − | 1/28 (3.6) | − | 2/71 (2.8) | 0/29 (0) | − | 3/128 (2.3) |
| G13 | I. ovatus | 0/463 (0) | 7/163 (4.3) | 0/10 (0) | 0/15 (0) | 0/1 (0) | − | 7/652 (1.1) |
| G14 | H. formosensis | − | − | − | 0/34 (0) | 2/216 (0.9) | 0/3 (0) | 2/253 (0.8) |
| G15 | H. formosensis | − | − | − | 1/34 (2.9) | 3/216 (1.4) | 0/3 (0) | 4/253 (1.6) |
−, This tick species was not collected in the region.