Table 6 The population of ticks collected in the studied counties, and the prevalence of positive tick pools for the Rickettsia genus in 2021
From: Diversity of Rickettsia species in collected ticks from Southeast Iran
Genus | Species | No. of collected ticks in each county Total N (%) | Number of tested pools | No. of positive pools for Rickettsia spp. (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jiroft N (%) | Zarand N (%) | ||||
Rhipicephalus | Rh. linnaei | 170 (100%) | 18 (10%) | 188 | 26 (13.80%) |
Hyalomma | H. deteritum | 0 | 162 (90%) | 162 | 61 (37.66%) |