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Table 5 Minimum infection rate of tick-borne pathogens in tick pools in relation to tick species collected from camels in north-western Nigeria

From: Prevalence and molecular characterization of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Nigeria

Study location

Total no. of ticks tested (n)

Minimum infection rate (no. of positives) [95% CI]

Rickettsia spp. (n)

Babesia spp. (n)

Coxiella burnetii (n)

Hyalomma dromedarii

465 (154)

6.2 (29) [4.2–8.8]

0.6 (3) [0.1–1.9]

3.4 (16) [2.0–5.5]

H. truncatum

87 (46)

16.1 (14) [9.1–25.5]

0 (0)

1.1 (1) [0.0–6.2]

H. rufipes

19 (16)

36.8 (7) [16.3–61.6]

0 (0)

0 (0)

H. impeltatum

18 (11)

5.6 (1) [0.1–27.3]

5.6 (1) [0.1–27.3]

0 (0)

H. impressum

2 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Amblyomma variegatum

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

593(231)

8.6 (51) [6.5–11.2]

0.7 (4) [0.2–1.7]

2.9 (17) [1.7–4.6]

  1. Abbreviation: n, number of pools