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Table 1 Search terms used in the four search engines used for systematic review

From: Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020

PubMed

Scopus, Web of Science, CABI

(“Tick-Borne Diseases”[MeSH] OR

(“Tick-Borne Diseases” OR

“Rickettsia”[MeSH] OR

“Rickettsia” OR

“Anaplasmataceae”[MeSH] OR

“Anaplasmataceae” OR

“Borrelia”[MeSH] OR

“Borrelia” OR

“Babesia”[MeSH] OR

“Babesia” OR

“tick-borne zoonosis” OR

“tick-borne zoonosis” OR

“tick-borne zoonotic disease” OR

“tick-borne zoonotic disease” OR

“Seroepidemiologic Studies”[MeSH] OR

“Seroepidemiologic Studies” OR

“Hemorrhagic Fever virus, Crimean-Congo”[MeSH] OR

“Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus” OR

“Ticks”[MeSH] OR

“Ticks” OR

Amblyomma” OR

Amblyomma” OR

Dermacentor” OR

Dermacentor” OR

Haemaphysalis” OR

Haemaphysalis” OR

Hyalomma” OR

Hyalomma” OR

Ixodes” OR

Ixodes” OR

Margaropus” OR

Margaropus” OR

Rhipicephalus” OR

Rhipicephalus” OR

Ornithodoros” OR

Ornithodoros” OR

Argas”)

Argas”)

AND

AND

(country)

(country)