Table 1.

DNA sequences of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia obtained in this study.

Obtained sequences					The closest BLASTn match
Tick and tick borne pathogens	Sample	Target gene	Accession number	Length (bp)	Identity (%)	Species	Accession number (host, country)
Haemaphysalis spp.	tick	16S rRNA	MZ574426	454	100	H. qinghaiensis	MF629844 China
Rickettsia spp.	Tick	ompA	MZ130274	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130275	207	100	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130276	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394800 yak China
	Tick		MZ130277	209	99.52	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130278	209	99.04	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130279	209	99.52	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130280	209	99.52	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130281	209	99.52	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Tick		MZ130282	208	99.04	R. raoultii	MN394800 yak China
	Tick		MZ130283	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394800 yak China
	Tick		MZ130284	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394800 yak China
	Tick		MZ130285	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394801 yak China
	Yak		MZ130267	209	100	R. raoultii	MK307883 horse China
	Yak		MZ130268	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394797 yak China
	Yak		MZ130269	209	100	R. raoultii	MN394797 yak China
	Yak		MZ130270	209	100	R. raoultii	MK307883 horse China
	Yak		MZ130271	209	99.52	R. raoultii	MN394798 yak China
	Yak		MZ130272	209	99.52	R. raoultii	MN394797 yak China
	Tibetan sheep		MZ130273	209	100	R. raoultii	MK307883 horse China
	Tick	sca4	OL621221	624	98.72	R. raoultii	KP768191 tick Ukraine
	Tick		OL621222	624	98.56	R. raoultii	KP768191 tick Ukraine
	Tick		OL621223	624	98.40	R. raoultii	KP768191 tick Ukraine
	Tick		OL621224	624	97.60	R. raoultii	KP768191 tick Ukraine
	Tick		OL621225	624	97.92	R. raoultii	KP768191 tick Ukraine