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. 2021 Aug 17;10(8):1043. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10081043

Table 3.

Anaplasmataceae identified in Eswatini ticks. Tick species, life stage, and sample size are indicated in columns. The numbers of positive samples are shown followed by the prevalence estimates and then the 95% confident intervals for prevalence estimates in brackets. Blue font represents a novel association between a pathogen and tick species. Amblyomma hebraeum adults (n = 12), R. evertsi (n = 6), R. maculatus nymphs (n = 41), and R. muehlensi nymphs (n = 74) were screened for Anaplasmataceae and all tested negative.

A. hebraeum H. elliptica R. appendiculatus R. maculatus R. simus R. muehlensi
Pathogen Species/Genotype Nymph (n = 38) Adult (n = 219) Adult (n = 146) Nymph (n = 554) Adult (n = 93) Adult (n = 494) Adult (n = 39)
Anaplasmataceae 1; 2.6% (0.1–13.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anaplasma sp. A 0 0 4; 2.8% (0.8–6.9%) 7; 1.3% (0.5–2.6%) 0 0 3; 7.7% (1.6–20.1%)
Anaplasma sp. B 0 38; 17.4% (12.6–23.0%) 0 0 0 0 0
Anaplasma sp. C 0 0 0 0 0 13; 2.6% (1.4–4.5%) 0
Anaplasma sp. D 0 0 3; 2.1% (0.4–5.9%) 3; 0.5% (0.1–1.6%) 0 0 0
Anaplasma sp. E 0 1; 0.5% (0.01–2.5%) 0 0 0 0 0
Anaplasma sp. F 0 0 0 0 0 1; 0.2% (0.01–1.1%) 0
Anaplasma sp. G 0 0 0 2; 0.4% (0.04–1.4%) 0 0 0
Ehrlichia minasensis 0 0 0 0 0 1; 0.2% (0.01–1.12%) 1; 2.6% (0.06–13.5%)
Ehrlichia ruminantium 1; 2.6% (0.1–13.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ehrlichia sp. A 0 0 2; 1.4% (0.2–4.9%) 0 0 47; 9.5% (7.1–12.5%) 0
Ehrlichia sp. B 0 9; 4.2% (1.9–7.6%) 0 0 0 0 0
Ehrlichia sp. C 0 0 3; 2.1% (0.4–5.9%) 6; 1.1%; (0.4–2.3%) 2; 2.2% (0.3–7.6) 0 0
Ehrlichia sp. D 0 0 1; 0.7% (0.2–3.8%) 2; 0.4% (0.04–1.3%) 0 0 1; 2.6% (0.06–13.5%)
Ehrlichia sp. E 0 0 9; 6.2% (2.9–11.5%) 2; 0.4% (0.04–1.3%) 0 0 0
Richness 2 3 7 1 4 3