Table 2.

Data on the number of ticks and hosts, and detection of Rickettsia spp. by polymerase chain reaction.

Districts	Host		Species	Life Stages			Total	Tick Subjected to PCR	PCR for Rickettsia spp.
	Common Name	Number (Infested/ Total)		Females	Males	Nymphs			Rickettsia sp.				R. hoogstraalii
									ompA	ompB	gltA	Total Positive Samples (Infection Rates)	ompA	ompB	gltA	Total Positive Samples (Infection Rates)
Bajaur	Goats, Sheep	5/8	H. cornupunctata	22	14	5	41	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	4/7	H. kashmirensis	18	12	3	33	3M, 3F, 3N	2F	0	2N	4 (44.44%)	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	6/9	H. montgomeryi	25	28	6	59	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dir Lower	Goats, Sheep	6/8	H. cornupunctata	35	26	5	66	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	5/7	H. kashmirensis	28	14	4	46	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	2N	2 (22.23%)	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	12/16	H. montgomeryi	81	47	11	139	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	2F, 2M	4 (44.44%)
Dir Upper	Goats, Sheep	12/15	H. cornupunctata	74	35	14	123	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	11/15	H. kashmirensis	45	29	12	86	3M, 3F, 3N	2F, 2N	2N	0	6 (66.66%)	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	12/16	H. montgomeryi	77	61	14	152	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	2F, 2N	4 (44.44%)
Swat	Goats, Sheep	4/6	H. cornupunctata	14	11	3	28	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	4/6	H. kashmirensis	11	12	3	26	3M, 3F, 3N	2M	3F	0	5 (55.56%)	0	0	0	0
	Goats, Sheep	5/7	H. montgomeryi	19	12	4	35	3M, 3F, 3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		86/120 (71.3%)		449 (53.8%)	301 (36%)	84 (10%)	834	108	4F, 2M, 2N	2N, 3F	4N	17 (15.74%)	0	0	4F, 2M, 2N	6 (5.56%)

M = male, F = female, and N = nymph.