Table 1 Sampling locations, animal hosts and bacterial pathogens of tick species in China at the genus level
From: The diversity and evolutionary relationships of ticks and tick-borne bacteria collected in China
Species(genus) | Location | Host | No. of libraries | Pathogen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhipicephalus | Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Beijing, Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Hainan | Cattle, dog, hedgehog | 12 (11) | Rickettsia, Coxiella, |
Hyalomma | Xinjiang, Hubei | Cattle, goat, camel | 4 (3) | – |
Dermacentor | Hubei, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Zhejiang, Xinjiang | Cattle, goat, rabbit, hedgehog, wild boar | 18 (15) | Rickettsia, Coxiella, Rickesiales unclassified |
Amblyomma | Hubei, Zhejiang, Hainan | Wild boar, Malaysia pangolin, Chinese pangolin | 6 (2) | Rickettsia |
Haemaphysalis | Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hainan, Yunnan, Beijing, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia | Cattle, yak, pheasant, dog, hedgehog, muntjac, goat, wild boar, hog badger | 30 (23) | Rickettisa, Coxiella, |
Ixodes | Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Tibet, Heilongjiang | Cattle, goat, Eurasian badger, hog badger, rabbit, bat, pteromyini, tupaia | 22 (16) | Rickettisa, Coxiella, Wolbachia |
Carios | Hubei, Henan | – | 2 (2) | Coxiella, Rickettisa, Borrelia |
Argas | Heilongjiang, Xinjiang | Chicken | 2 (2) | Rickettsia, Coxiella |
Total | – | – | 96 (74) | – |