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Table 3 Infection rate of tick pools with Coxiella burnetii and Rickettsia species

From: Ticks and prevalence of tick-borne pathogens from domestic animals in Ghana

    

Coxiella burnetii

 

Rickettsia spp.

 
 

No. of pools tested

Min. pool size

Max pool size

No. of positive pools

Mean infection rate (95% CI)

 

No. of positive pools

Mean infection rate (95% CI)

 

Amblyomma variegatum

516

1

5

123

11.0 (9.3–13.0)

 

344

38.6 (38.3–42.1)

 

Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l.

200

1

3

3

0.7 (0.2–2.2)

 

15

3.5 (2.1–5.8)

 

Rhipicephalus spp.

99

1

5

19

10.5 (6.8–16.0)

 

22

12.2 (8.2–18.0)

 

Hyalomma truncatum

56

1

3

5

4.5 (1.9–70.5)

 

19

17.0 (11.0–25.7)

 

Hyalomma rufipes

30

1

3

2

3.8 (1.0–14.5)

 

14

30.2 (18.8–46.2)

 

Rhipicephalus evertsi

10

1

3

0

0

 

1

5.1 (0.7–31.4)

 

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) sp.

1

1

1

0

0

 

1

100

 

Total

912

1

5

152

7.9 (6.8–9.2)

 

416

24.5 (22.4–26.6)

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