Table 1 The results of tick sorting (morphological identification, sorting by sex and development stage) and real-time RT-PCR examination of ticks from Almaty Oblastʼ
From: Vectors, molecular epidemiology and phylogeny of TBEV in Kazakhstan and central Asia
Region | No. of ticks/No. of pools | Tick species (No. of ticks/No. of pools) | No. of positive pools in real time PCR by sex/No. of ticks) | MIR% by tick species | MIR% by region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Talgar | 505/104 | I. persulcatus (504/103) | ♂ 7/49 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
♀ 15/53 | |||||
Nymphs 0/1 | |||||
H. punctata (1/1) | ♂ 0/0 | 0 | |||
♀ 0/1 | |||||
Tekeli | 709/145 | D. marginatus (50/12) | ♂ 0/3 | 2 | 2.8 |
♀ 1/9 | |||||
D. reticulatus (14/3) | ♂ 0/1 | 0 | |||
♀ 0/2 | |||||
I. persulcatus (610/123) | ♂ 2/54 | 3.1 | |||
♀ 17/69 |  | ||||
H. punctata (25/7) | ♂ 0/4 | 0 | |||
♀ 0/3 | |||||
Yenbekshikazakh | 523/113 | I. persulcatus (79/17) | ♂ 1/7 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
♀ 4/9 | |||||
Nymphs 0/1 | |||||
H. punctata (444/96) | ♂ 1/43 | 0.2 | |||
♀ 0/53 |