Table 2.

Distribution of rickettsial DNA in the collected tick species

Tick species	gltA real-timePCR positive (%)a	No. of ticks	MIR (%)b
Ixodes persulcatus	1.2 (3/243)	1193	0.3
Haemaphysalis punctata	76.9 (80/104)	470	17.0
Dermacentor marginatus	96.9 (125/129)	578	21.6
Dermacentor reticulatus	100 (3/3)	14	21.4
Hyalomma asiaticum	5.9 (1/17)	77	1.3
Rhipicephalus turanicus	0 (0/5)	9	0
Total	42.3 (212/501)	2341	9.1

^aPercent positive (number of gltA positive pools/total number of pools)

^bMIR = number of positive pools/ number of tested ticks