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Table 5 Pathogen prevalence in flea and tick pools collected from infested cats

From: A community approach for pathogens and their arthropod vectors (ticks and fleas) in cats of sub-Saharan Africa

 

Pathogens in ectoparasites

Overall

Tanzania (%)

Kenya (%)

Uganda (%)

Nigeria (%)

Ghana (%)

Namibia (%)

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Ticks

B. canis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

B. rossi

1.7

0.0

0.0

3.5

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

E. chaffeensis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

A. platys

1.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

25.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

A. phagocytophilum

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

R. conorii

1.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

20.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

R. africae

5.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

 

0.0

25.0

0.0

  

20.0

0.0

0.0

C. burnetti

8.3

20.0

0.0ns

6.9

 

0.0

0.0

25.0

  

20.0

0.0

0.0

H. canis

50.0

80.0

40.0ns

55.2

 

0.0

25.0

75.0

  

40.0

100.0

0.0

D. immitis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

E. canis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

B. felis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

  

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tick pools

60

5

5

29

 

5

4

4

  

5

2

1

Shannon’ index

 

0.50

0.0

0.7

0.0

0.0

1.1

0.6

  

1.0

0.0

0.0

Fleas

B. henselae

11.9

4.6

14.3 ns

15.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

   

40.0

33.3

10.0

M. haemofelis

10.2

0.0

14.3 ns

15.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

   

0.0

0.0

30.0

D. caninum

5.1

0.0

0.0

7.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

   

20.0

33.3

10.0

R. felis

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

   

100.0

100.0

100.0

Flea pools

118

22

21

39

1

10

7

   

5

3

10

Shannon’ index

 

0.0

0.7

1.1

0.00

0.00

0.00

   

0.6

0.7

1.0

  1. Pathogen prevalence in 118 flea pools and 60 tick pools collected from infested cat individuals in urban and rural areas of six African countries. No pairwise comparisons were performed for countries in which fewer than five cat individuals were sampled in one of their habitats. For statistical outcomes on macro-geographical contrasts, we refer to Figs. 5. P > 0.05: ns (not significant)