Table 2 Association between infection rate of detected pathogens in ticks collected from different hosts and sampling sites using χ2 test
From: Ticks and prevalence of tick-borne pathogens from domestic animals in Ghana
| Â | Â | Pooled positive, n (%) | Pooled positive, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Total pooled n (%) | Coxiella burnetii | χ2 | df | P-value | Rickettsia spp. | χ2 | df | P-value |
Mammalian host |  |  | 35.61 | 3 |  < 0.001 |  | 141.63 | 3 |  < 0.001 |
 Cattle | 763 | 152 (19.9) |  |  |  | 414 (54.3) |  |  |  |
 Dogs | 141 | 0 (0.0) |  |  |  | 1 (25.0) |  |  |  |
 Sheep | 4 | 0 (0.0) |  |  |  | 0 (0.0) |  |  |  |
 Goats | 4 | 0 (0.0) |  |  |  | 1 (0.7) |  |  |  |
Study site | Â | Â | 9.35 | 1 | 0.002 | Â | 7.89 | 1 | 0.005 |
 Coastal savanna | 168 | 66 (39.3) |  |  |  | 44 (26.2) |  |  |  |
 5 BN | 103 | 10 (9.7) |  |  |  | 64 (62.1) |  |  |  |
 ART | 89 | 1 (1.1) |  |  |  | 35 (39.3) |  |  |  |
 1 BN |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Guinea and Sudan savanna | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 6 BN | 99 | 50 (50.5) |  |  |  | 79 (79.8) |  |  |  |
 AF | 127 | 23 (18.1) |  |  |  | 83 (65.4) |  |  |  |
 Navrongo | 174 | 0 (0.0) |  |  |  | 5 (2.9) |  |  |  |
 ABF | 152 | 2 (1.3) |  |  |  | 106 (69.7) |  |  |  |