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Table 2 Overview of H. aegyptium tick stages and blood samples collected from infested tortoises

From: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in tortoises and Hyalomma aegyptium ticks in East Thrace, Turkey: potential of a cryptic transmission cycle

Site no.

Sample no.

No. of tortoises screened (species/sex)

Samples collected from the tortoises

No. of ticksa

No. of tick pools

No. of blood samples

1

1

2 (T. graeca /♀)

20M, 11F

2

–

2

2

1 (T. graeca /♀)

3M

1

1

3

1 (T. graeca /♀)

1M, 1F, 1N, 10L

4

1

4

1 (T. graeca /♀)

1M, 2F

2

1

5

1 (T. graeca /♀)

4M, 11F

2

–

6

1 (T. graeca /♂)

3M, 1F, 5N

2

–

7

1 (T. graeca /♀)

2F, 2N

2

–

3

8

1 (T. graeca /♀)

2M

1

1

4

9

1 (T. graeca /♂)

4M, 3F

1

–

10

1 (T. graeca /♂)

1M, 2F

1

–

5

11

1 (T. graeca /♀)

19M, 3F

2

1

12

1 (T. graeca /♀)

1M, 5F

1

–

6

13

1 (T. graeca /♀)

11M

1

1

14

1 (T. graeca /♀)

8M, 5F

2

1

15

1 (T. graeca /♀)

24M, 1F

2

1

16

1 (T. graeca /♀)

12M, 2F

2

1

17

1 (T. graeca /♀)

10M, 3F

2

1

18

1 (T. graeca /♀)

21M

1

1

7

19

1 (T. graeca /♂)

1M, 1F

2

1

20

1 (T. graeca /♀)

12M, 3F

2

1

21

1 (T. graeca /♀)

24M, 5F, 3N

3

1

22

1 (T. graeca /♀)

10M, 6F

2

1

23

1 (T. graeca /♀)

3M, 5N

2

–

24

1 (T. graeca /♀)

1F, 13N, 2L

3

–

25

1 (T. graeca /♀)

3M

1

–

26

1 (T. graeca /♂)

3M, 2F

2

–

27

1 (T. graeca /♀)

1M

1

–

28

1 (T. graeca /♂)

3M

1

–

29

13 (T. graeca /7♀,6♂)

78M, 21F, 36N

19

–

8

30

1 (T. graeca/♂)

5M

1

–

9

31

2 (T. graeca /♀)

33M, 22F

2

–

10

32

1 (T. graeca /♀)

9M, 2F

1

–

11

33

2 (T. graeca /♀)

3M, 3N

2

–

12

34

2 (T. graeca /♀)

34M, 7F

2

–

13

35

1 (T. graeca /♀)

8M, 3F

2

–

14

36

1 (T. graeca /♀)

11M, 6F, 5N, 1L

4

1

15

37

1 (T. graeca/♂)

2M

1

–

18

38

1 (T. graeca /♀)

7M, 2F

2

–

23

39

2 (T. graeca /♀)

8M, 4F

3

–

25

40

1 (T. graeca /♀)

5M, 3F, 1N, 7L

4

1

41

1 (T. graeca /♀)

17M, 10F

2

1

42

1 (T. hermanni /♀)

1F, 5N, 5L

3

1

26

43

1 (T. hermanni /♀)

5L

1

–

28

44

1 (T. hermanni /♀)

1F, 15L

2

1

45

1 (T. hermanni /♀)

6N, 5L

2

–

29

46

1 (T. graeca /♀)

17M

1

1

31

47

1 (T. graeca /♀)

10L

1

–

32

48

1 (T. hermanni /♀)

8N

1

–

Total

65 (5 T. hermanni, 60 T.graeca)

753 (448M, 152F, 93N, 60L)

106

21

14

49

Questing ticks collected from the sites

6N, 125L

5

16

50

1M, 50L

2

17

51

1N, 6L

2

18

52

12M, 5F

17

19

53

3M

3

20

54

5M, 3F

8

21

55

1M

1

22

56

1F

1

23

57

2M, 3F

5

24

58

1F

1

25

59

2L

1

27

60

1M

1

28

61

4L

1

Total

312 (25M, 13F, 8N, 266L)

52

  1. aData broken down by sex and life stage
  2. Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; N, nymph; L, larva
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