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Table 2 Number of female and male sampled ticks and their CCHFV status

From: Detection of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in blood-fed Hyalomma ticks collected from Mauritanian livestock

Location

Sex (tick)

n

Pos.

CCHFV pos./total (95% CI)

CCHFV pos./sex (95% CI)

p-value

Idini (cattle)

Female

188 (31.39%)

8

1.33% (0.58–2.61)

4.26% (1.85–8.13)

0.8378

Male

411 (68.61%)

21

3.51% (2.18–5.31)

5.12% (3.19–7.7)

Nouakchott slaughterhouse (camels)

Female

106 (30.20%)

2

0.57% (0.07–2.04)

1.89% (0.23–6.65)

0.2178

Male

245 (69.80%)

1

0.28% (0–1.58)

0.41% (0.01–2.25)

Rosso (camels)

Female

83 (27.57%)

0

0% (0–1.22)

0% (0–4.35)

1

Male

218 (72.43%)

0

0% (0–1.22)

0% (0–1.68)

Rosso (cattle)

Female

59 (22.18%)

0

0% (0–1.38)

0% (0–6.06)

0.354

Male

207 (77.82%)

7

2.63% (1.37–6.84)

3.38% (1.37–6.84)

Total (cattle and camels)

Female

436 (28.71%)

10

0.66% (0.32–1.21)

2.23% (1.11–4.18)

0.724

Male

1081 (71.26%)

29

1.91% (1.28–2.73)

2.68% (1.8–3.83)

  1. Overview of the sex ratios of the ticks across the different collection sites and their CCHFV status. For abbreviations, see Table 1