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 5 Detection rates for Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasma spp.

Host/sampling	Tick species	Detection rate% (number of infected ticks/number of total ticks)
Host/sampling	Tick species	*Rickettsia* spp.	*A. phagocytophilum*	*A. marginale*	*Anaplasma* spp.
Andean tapir	A. multipunctum	0	1.4 (1/71)	0	0
Andean tapir	Amblyomma spp.	0	0	0	0
Cattle	R. microplus	5.3 (3/57)	14.0 (8/57)	3.5 (2/57)	5.3 (3/57)
	Ixodes spp.	0	0	0	0
	I. boliviensis	0	0	0	0
Vegetation	A. multipunctum	0	6.3 (1/16)	0	0
Total		2 (3/151)	6.6 (10/151)	1.3 (2/151)	2 (3/151)

A. phagocytophilum: Anaplasma phagocytophilum; A. marginale: Anaplasma marginale; A. multipunctum: Amblyomma multipunctum; R. microplus: Rhipicephalus microplus; I. boliviensis: Ixodes boliviensis.

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