Table 2.
A collection summary of each neighborhood sampled in Reynosa, northeastern México. The table indicates all dogs enrolled in the study, their total ticks removed, the average tick burden, the dogs tick infestation prevalence, the rickettsiae prevalence, and the Rickettsia spp. amplified from ticks removed from each of the six neighborhoods. Overall metrics are also given.
| Neighborhood | Dogs | Total Ticks |
Mean Tick Burden |
Dog Infestation Prevalence | Rickettsiae Prevalence of Ticks |
Rickettsiae Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 de Enero | 21 | 497 | 23.67 | 67% (14/21) | 9.38% (6/64) | R. amblyommii, R. andeanae |
| Aquiles Serdán | 22 | 84 | 3.82 | 36% (8/22) | 5.88% (1/17) | R. amblyommii |
| La Cima | 45 | 939 | 20.87 | 60% (27/45) | 0 | NA |
| Col. Margarita Maza de Juárez | 9 | 18 | 2.00 | 67% (6/9) | 16.67% (1/6) | R. andeanae |
| Pedro J. Méndez | 19 | 347 | 18.26 | 63% (12/19) | 3.45% (2/58) | R. parkeri, R. andeanae |
| Villa Florida | 52 | 285 | 5.48 | 37% (19/52) | 1.69% (1/59) | R. andeanae |
| Overall | 168 | 2170 | 12.92 | 51% (86/168) | 4.11 % (12/292) |