TABLE 3.
Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. detected in tick species
| Number of tested ticks | PCR positive pools | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Tick species | Male | Female | Nymph | Pools (n) | Bartonella spp. | Rickettsia spp. |
| Benin | Amblyomma variegatum | 73 | 62 | 12 | 29 (147) |
24.13 7/29 |
48.27 14/29 |
| Hyalomma rufipes | 13 | 8 | ‐ | 9 (21) |
33.33 3/9 |
33.33 3/9 |
|
| Rhipicephalus microplus | 15 | 77 | 31 | 25 (123) |
24 6/25 |
8 2/25 |
|
| Subtotal | 101 | 147 | 43 | 63 (291) |
25.39 16/63 |
30.15 19/63 |
|
| Togo | Amblyomma variegatum | 24 | 16 | ‐ | 8 (40) |
12.5 1/8 |
12.5 1/8 |
| Hyalomma truncatum | 6 | 5 | ‐ | 7 (11) | ‐ |
14.28 1/7 |
|
| Rhipicephalus annulatus | 2 | 6 | ‐ | 4 (5) | ‐ |
25 1/4 |
|
| Rhipicephalus decoloratus | ‐ | 3 | ‐ | 1 (3) | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Rhipicephalus lunulatus | ‐ | 3 | ‐ | 2 (3) | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Rhipicephalus microplus | 4 | 21 | ‐ | 5 (26) |
20 1/5 |
20 1/5 |
|
| Rhipicephalus muhsamae | ‐ | 2 | ‐ | 1 (2) |
100 1/1 |
‐ | |
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 8 | 2 | ‐ | 4 (10) | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Rhipicephalus sulcatus | 3 | ‐ | ‐ | 1 (3) |
100 1/1 |
‐ | |
| Subtotal | 47 | 58 | 0 | 33 (105) |
12.12 4/33 |
12.12 4/33 |
|
| Total |
20.83 20/96 |
23.95 23/96 |
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