Investigation of tick-borne bacteria (Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Borrelia spp.) in ticks collected from Andean tapirs, cattle and vegetation from a protected area in Ecuador

Table 2 Ticks included in this study

Host/sampling	Tick species	Nymph	Male	Female	Total number
Andean tapir	Amblyomma multipunctum	2	45	24	71
Andean tapir	Amblyomma spp.		4*		4
Cattle	Rhipicephalus microplus	6*	16*	38*	60
	Ixodes spp.			5*	5
	Ixodes boliviensis			1*	1
Vegetation	A. multipunctum	10*	9**	1*	20

*Specimen deposited in the Museum of Zoology of Pontificia Universidad Católica from Ecuador.

ISSN: 1756-3305