Table 6 The detection of Rickettsia spp. in I. pavlovskyi and I. persulcatus ticks
Region (Year) | Site | Tick species | No. of examined ticks | No./% of ticks containing DNA of | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Rickettsia spp. | Rhlg | Rh | Rr | Rs | Rt | Rhlg + Rt | Rh + Rt | Rr + Rt | Rs + Rt | R.sp.+ Rt | ||||
Alt (2012, 2014, 2015) | A1 | I. pavl | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. pers | 33 | 26/78.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25/75.8 | 0 | 0 | 1/3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
A2 | I. pavl | 113 | 11/9.7 | 1/0.9 | 9/8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 152 | 136/89.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.7 | 116/76.3 | 1/0.7 | 0 | 12/7.9 | 5/3.3 | 1/0.7 | ||
Total A1-A2 | I. pavl | 124 | 11/8.9 | 1/0.8 | 9/7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 185 | 162/87.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.5 | 141/76.2 | 1/0.5 | 0 | 13/7.0 | 5/2.7 | 1/0.5 | ||
Nov (2010, 2014, 2015) | N1 | I. pavl | 316 | 14/4.4 | 2/0.6 | 7/2.2 | 0 | 0 | 3/0.9 | 0 | 2/0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. pers | 22 | 17/77.3 | 0 | 0 | 4/18.2 | 0 | 12/54.5 | 0 | 1/4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
N2 | I. pavl | 22 | 14/63.6 | 2/9.1 | 1/4.5 | 11/50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
N3 | I. pavl | 79 | 3/3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 110 | 70/63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.9 | 65/59.1 | 0 | 0 | 2/1.8 | 1/0.9 | 1/0.9 | ||
N4 | I. pavl | 22 | 1/4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 14 | 9/64.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9/64.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
N5 | I. pavl | 14 | 4/28.6 | 0 | 0 | 4/28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 3 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total N1-N5 | I. pavl | 453 | 36/7.9 | 4/0.9 | 8/1.8 | 15/3.3 | 0 | 7/1.5 | 0 | 2/0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 149 | 97/65.1 | 0 | 0 | 4/2.7 | 1/0.7 | 86/57.7 | 0 | 1/0.7 | 3/2.0 | 1/0.7 | 1/0.7 | ||
Both regions | I. pavl | 577 | 47/8.1 | 5/0.9 | 17/2.9 | 15/2.6 | 0 | 7/1.2 | 0 | 3/0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. pers | 334 | 259/77.5 | 0 | 0 | 4/1.2 | 2/0.6 | 227/68.0 | 1/0.3 | 1/0.3 | 16/4.8 | 6/1.8 | 2/0.6 | ||