Table 2 Tick species and the PCR results of C. burnetii from the Xinjiang samples
From: Coxiella burnetii is widespread in ticks (Ixodidae) in the Xinjiang areas of China
Family | Genus | Species | No. examined | No. positive (%) | P | χ 2 | OR (95% CI) | No. examined | No. positive (%) | P | χ 2 | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ixodidae | Dermacentor | D. nuttalli | 348 | 205 (58.91) | <  0.05 | 54.44 | 0.19 (0.12–3.00) | 606 | 396 (65.35) | <  0.05 | 6.86 | 0.72 (0.56–0.92) |
D. pavlovskyi | 146 | 110 (75.34) | <  0.05 | 81.25 | 0.09 (0.05–0.16) | |||||||
D. silvarum | 80 | 66 (82.50) | <  0.05 | 75.81 | 0.06 (0.03–0.12) | |||||||
D. niveus | 32 | 15 (46.90) | <  0.05 | 8.77 | 0.31 (0.14–0.69) | |||||||
Hyalomma | H. scupense | 2 | 0 (0.00) | – | – | – | 471 | 271 (57.54) |  |  | Ref. group | |
H. rufipes | 132 | 28 (21.21) | Â | Â | Ref. group | |||||||
H. anatolicum | 25 | 24 (96.00) | <  0.05 | 53.07 | 0.01 (0.00–0.09) | |||||||
H. asiaticum | 312 | 219 (70.19) | <  0.05 | 90.16 | 0.11 (0.71–0.19) | |||||||
Haemaphysalis | H. punctata | 92 | 54 (58.70) | <  0.05 | 32.82 | 0.19 (0.11–0.34) | 92 | 54 (58.70) | >  0.05 | 0.04 | 0.95 (0.61–1.50) | |
Rhipicephalus | R. sanguineus | 338 | 252 (74.56) | <  0.05 | 112.16 | 0.09 (0.06–0.15) | 338 | 252 (74.56) | <  0.05 | 24.94 | 0.46 (0.34–0.63) | |
Total | 1507 | 973 (64.57) | Â | Â | Â | 1507 | 973 (64.57) | Â | Â | Â | ||