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. 2022 Mar 12;15:86. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05208-8

Table 2.

Association between infection rate of detected pathogens in ticks collected from different hosts and sampling sites using χ2 test

Pooled positive, n (%) Pooled positive, n (%)
Total pooled n (%) Coxiella burnetii χ2 df P-value Rickettsia spp. χ2 df P-value
Mammalian host 35.61 3  < 0.001 141.63 3  < 0.001
 Cattle 763 152 (19.9) 414 (54.3)
 Dogs 141 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0)
 Sheep 4 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Goats 4 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7)
Study site 9.35 1 0.002 7.89 1 0.005
 Coastal savanna 168 66 (39.3) 44 (26.2)
 5 BN 103 10 (9.7) 64 (62.1)
 ART 89 1 (1.1) 35 (39.3)
 1 BN
Guinea and Sudan savanna
 6 BN 99 50 (50.5) 79 (79.8)
 AF 127 23 (18.1) 83 (65.4)
 Navrongo 174 0 (0.0) 5 (2.9)
 ABF 152 2 (1.3) 106 (69.7)