Table 2 Prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsiae and their hosts in Zambia
From: Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in dogs, rodents and cat fleas in Zambia
Host | Locality | No. of samples | No. positive for R. asembonensis only (%) | No. positive for R. felis only (%) | No. positive for R. felis and R. asembonensis (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cat fleas (C. felis) | Mazabuka | 53 | 20 (37.7) | 0 | 2 (3.7) |
Domestic dogs | Lusaka | 50 | 0 | 6 (12.0) | 0 |
Mazabuka | 50 | 0 | 1 (2.0) | 0 | |
Monze | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mastomys sp. | Lusaka | 33 | 0 | 2 (6.1) | 0 |
Namwala | 44 | 0 | 10 (22.7) | 0 | |
Gerbils | Namwala | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steatomys sp. | Namwala | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saccostomus sp. | Namwala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rattus rattus | Namwala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mosquitoes (Culex spp., Aedes spp., Anopheles spp.)a | Lusaka | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mpulungu | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Isoka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | Â | Â | 20 | 19 | 2 |