Table 2.

Prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsiae and their hosts in Zambia

Host	Locality	No. of samples	No. positive for R. asembonensis only (%)	No. positive for R. felis only (%)	No. positive for R. felis and R. asembonensis (%)
Cat fleas (C. felis)	Mazabuka	53	20 (37.7)	0	2 (3.7)
Domestic dogs	Lusaka	50	0	6 (12.0)	0
	Mazabuka	50	0	1 (2.0)	0
	Monze	50	0	0	0
Mastomys sp.	Lusaka	33	0	2 (6.1)	0
	Namwala	44	0	10 (22.7)	0
Gerbils	Namwala	13	0	0	0
Steatomys sp.	Namwala	10	0	0	0
Saccostomus sp.	Namwala	3	0	0	0
Rattus rattus	Namwala	3	0	0	0
Mosquitoes (Culex spp., Aedes spp., Anopheles spp.)a	Lusaka	154	0	0	0
	Mpulungu	33	0	0	0
	Isoka	3	0	0	0
Total			20	19	2

^aSee Additional file 1: Table S2 for details