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Table 2 Number of dogs infected with single or multiple tick-borne pathogens

From: Occurrence of tick-transmitted pathogens in dogs in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Nature of infection

 
 

B. rossi

B. vogeli

E. canis

E. ruminantium

A. sp. (Omatjenne)

T. equi

T. sp. (sable)

B/T

E/A

Total

Single infection

31

0

1

0

4

1

8

3

1

49

Co-infection with:

          

B. rossi

-

1

3

0

0

2

1

-

1

8

B. vogeli

1

-

0

0

0

0

0

-

0

1

E. canis

3

0

-

1

0

0

0

0

-

4

E. ruminantium

0

0

1

-

0

0

0

0

-

1

A. sp. (Omatjenne)

0

0

0

0

-

0

0

1

-

1

T. equi

2

0

0

0

0

-

0

-

0

2

T. sp. (sable)

1

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

2

3

B/T

-

-

0

0

1

-

-

-

0

1

E/A

0

0

-

-

-

0

0

2

-

2

Total

38

1

5

1

5

3

9

6

4

72

  1. B. rossi = Babesia rossi; B. vogeli = Babesia vogeli; E. canis = Ehrlichia canis; E. ruminantium = Ehrlichia ruminantium; A. sp. (Omatjenne) = Anaplasma species (Omatjenne); T. equi = Theileria equi; T. sp. (sable) = Theileria species (sable); B/T = Babesia/Theileria catch-all; E/A = Ehrlichia/Anaplasma catch-all.