Table 4.
Proportion of tick-borne pathogens in cattle blood from North Cameroon determined by DNA sequencing
| Species | Positive (n = 391) |
Proportion (%)a | Vina (%)b | Faro et Deo (%)b | Poli (%)b | Mayo-Rey (%)b | Mayo-Tsanaga (%)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. centrale | 15 | 9.8 | 2 (13.3) | 3 (20.0) | 1 (6.7) | 1 (6.7) | 8 (53.3) |
| A. marginale | 42 | 27.5 | 6 (14.2) | 5 (11.9) | 3 (7.1) | 21 (50.0) | 7 (16.7) |
| Anaplasma sp. ‘Hadesa’ | 15 | 9.8 | 0 | 5 (33.3) | 3 (20.0) | 7 (46.7) | 0 |
| Anaplasma sp. | 11 | 7.2 | 4 (36.4) | 3 (27.3) | 0 | 6 (54.5) | 0 |
| A. platys | 70 | 45.8 | 20 (28.6) | 3 (4.3) | 6 (8.6) | 33 (47.1) | 8 (11.4) |
| E. canis | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 0 |
| E. ruminantium | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ehrlichia sp. | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 |
| R. africae | 19 | 57.6 | 4 (21.1) | 4 (21.1) | 1 (5.3) | 8 (42.1) | 2 10.5) |
| R. felis | 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) |
| Rickettsia sp. | 10 | 30.3 | 2 (20.0) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (20.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (25.0) |
| B. theileri | 42 | 100 | 22 (52.4) | 0 | 2 (4.8) | 7 (16.7) | 11 (26.2) |
| T. mutans | 130 | 81.8 | 50 (38.5) | 16 (12.3) | 9 (6.9) | 48 (36.9) | 7 (5.4) |
| T. velifera | 23 | 14.5 | 0 | 5 (21.7) | 5 (21.7) | 5 (21.7) | 8 (38.1) |
| Theileria sp. | 6 | 3.8 | 5 (83.3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (16.7) | 0 |
aProportion of identified species in the respective group of pathogens
bProportion of pathogen-positive samples per site