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Table 6 Vector-borne pathogen associations in ticks and fleas collected from cats

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

 

H. elliptica

Haemaphysalis sp.

C. felis

Echidnophaga sp.

H. canis

53.9a

58.8a

  

R. africae

0.0a

0.0a

  

C. burnetti

0.0a

5.9a

  

B. henselae

  

10.1a

11.1a

D. caninum

  

5.8a

3.7a

M. haemofelis

  

15.9a

0.0b

R. felis

  

100.0a

100.0a

Samples

13

17

69

27

  1. A shared letter indicates no significant difference. Only the cats in which a single tick taxon was observed (based on the extractions of the set of pooled ticks) were included