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Table 5 Prevalence of tick pathogen infection for study area and tick species, Uganda, 2011

From: Infection and exposure to vector-borne pathogens in rural dogs and their ticks, Uganda

Tick species

Study area

 

Bwindi

Maghinga Gorilla

Queen Elizabeth

Total

 

Posa/Tested

%

95 % C.I.b

Pos/Tested

%

95 % C.I.

Pos/Tested

%

95 % C.I.

Pos/Tested

%

95 % C.I.

Haemaphysalis leachi

Ehrlichia sp.

5/16

31.3

11-58.6

2/9

22.2

2.8-60

3/15

20.0

4.3-48.10

10/40

25.0

12.7-41.2

Rickettsia sp.

5/16

31.3

 

3/9

33.3

7.5-70.1

2/15

13.3

1.7-40.5

10/40

25.0

12.7-41.2

Babesia rossii

0/16

0.0

0-28.7

1/9

11.1

0.3-48.3

0

0

0-30.2

1/40

2.5

0.1-13.2

Bartonella sp.

0/16

0.0

 

0

0.0

0-44.5

0

0

0-20.2

0/40

0

0-12.9

Rhipicephalus praetextatus

Ehrlichia sp.

0/5

0.0

0-64.1

   

1/1

100.0

1.3-100

1/6

16.7

0.4-64.1

Rickettsia sp.

1/5

20.0

0.5-71.6

   

0/1

0.0

0-98.4

1/6

16.7

0.4-64.1

Babesia rossii

0/5

0.0

0-64.1

   

0/1

0.0

0-98.4

0/6

0

0-57.9

Bartonella sp.

0/5

0.0

0-64.1

   

0/1

0.0

0-98.4

0/6

0

0-57.9

Rhipicephalus sp. nymph

Ehrlichia sp.

0/7

0.0

0-52.7

   

0/5

0

0-64.1

0/12

0

0-36

Rickettsia sp.

0/7

0.0

0-52.7

   

0/5

0

0-64.1

0/12

0

0-36

Babesia rossii

0/7

0.0

0-52.7

   

0/5

0

0-64.1

0/12

0

0-36

Bartonella sp.

0/7

0.0

0-52.7

   

0/5

0

0-64.1

0/12

0

0-36

Total

11/28

  

6/9

  

6/21

  

23/58

  
  1. aPos = positive
  2. bC.I. = Confidence intervals (lower-upper)