Species identification of adult ixodid ticks by Raman spectroscopy of their feces

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Accuracy of the identification of ticks to genus/subgenus level using the partial least-square discriminant analysis model for Raman spectra data of feces of 12 species of ixodid ticks

	Amblyomma	Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)	Rhipicephalus	Dermacentor	Haemaphysalis	Ixodes
Predicted as Amblyomma^a	462	3	0	0	0	0
Predicted as Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)^b	9	36	0	0	0	0
Predicted as Rhipicephalus^c	0	0	20	1	0	1
Predicted as Dermacentor^d	0	0	0	338	0	0
Predicted as Haemaphysalis^e	0	0	0	0	80	0
Predicted as Ixodes^f	0	0	0	0	0	19
TPR%	98.1	92.3	100	99.7	100	95

TPR% True positive rate (i.e., the percentage of correct predictions)
^aAmblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum, Amblyomma mixtum, and Amblyomma tenellum
^bRhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
^cRhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto
^dDermacentor albipictus, Dermacentor andersoni, and Dermacentor variabilis
^eHaemaphysalis longicornis
^fIxodes scapularis

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