Molecular detection of Anaplasma infections in ixodid ticks from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Table 2 Detection of Anaplasma spp. in the ticks collected from 22 counties in Qinghai Province

County/Average altitude	Tick species	Number of tested	Number of infected (n)/Infection rate (%)
County/Average altitude	Tick species	Number of tested	A. phagocytophilum	A. bovis	A. ovis	A. capra
Ledu/2000 m	H. qinghaiensis	57	0	0	10/17.5	17/29.8
Huangzhong/2645 m	H. qinghaiensis	57	7/12.3	14/24.6	5/8.8	14/24.6
Qumalai/4223 m	D. abaensis	51	0	2/3.9	0	5/9.8
Yushu/4493 m	D. abaensis	55	0	16/29.1	0	7/12.7
Maduo/4300 m	H. qinghaiensis	48	1/2.1	9/18.8	0	1/2.1
	D. abaensis	3	0	0	0	0
Maqin/3730 m	D. abaensis	38	2/5.3	7/18.6	3/7.9	1/2.6
	H. qinghaiensis	5	0	1/33.3	0	0
Mengyuan/2880 m	H. qinghaiensis	58	1/1.7	19/32.8	0	0
	D. silvarum	1	0	0	0	0
Tianjun/3180 m	D. silvarum	54	0	0	0	0
Delingha/2980 m	D. silvarum	39	0	0	0	0
Chengduo/4500 m	D. nuttalli	16	0	0	0	2/12.5
	H. qinghaiensis	30	5/16.7	4/15.2	0	0
	H. tibetensis	2	0	0	0	0
	I. crenulatus	3	0	1/33.3	0	0
Banma/3560 m	H. qinghaiensis	43	0	0	0	0
Gangcha/3300 m	D. nuttalli	29	0	0	0	0
Huangyuan/2666 m	H. qinghaiensis	56	8/14.3	11/19.6	0	1/1.8
Qilian/2810 m	D. abaensis	66	0	2/3.0	6/9.1	0
	D. nuttalli	17	0	0	0	0
Dulan/3180 m	D. nuttalli	31	1/3.2	0	4/12.9	0
Guinan/3100 m	D. nuttalli	51	0	1/2.0	14/27.5	0
Huzhu/2520 m	H. qinghaiensis	50	0	5/10.0	0	0
Zaduo/4200 m	D. abaensis	50	4/8.0	5/10.0	0	0
Guide/2200 m	H. danieli	42	4/8.5	5/100	0	0
Henanxian/3600 m	D. nuttalli	51	1/2.0	20/39.2	11/21.6	2/3.9
Minhe/1650 m	H. qinghaiensis	50	0	0	3/6.0	0
Geermu/2800 m	D. nuttalli	51	0	0	6/11.8	0
Total		1104	34/3.1	122/11.1	62/5.6	50/4.5

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