From: Ticks and prevalence of tick-borne pathogens from domestic animals in Ghana
 |  |  |  | Coxiella burnetii |  | Rickettsia spp. |  | ||
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 | 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 | Â | 1 | 100 | Â |
Total | 912 | 1 | 5 | 152 | 7.9 (6.8–9.2) |  | 416 | 24.5 (22.4–26.6) |  |