Table 3 The proportion and counts of hard ticks from Kilombero and Iringa Districts during dry and wet season
| Â | Season | Â | District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Dry (%) | Wet (%) | p-value | Â | Iringa (%) | Kilombero (%) | p-value |
Tick genera | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Amblyomma | 235 (51.2) | 224 (48.8) | 0.021 | Â | 447 (97.4) | 12 (2.6) | 0.000 |
Hyalomma | 32 (60.4) | 21 (39.6) | Â | Â | 53 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Rhipicephalus | 630 (45.8) | 747 (54.3) | Â | Â | 501 (36.4) | 876 (63.6) | Â |
Tick species | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
A. gemma | 50 (5.6) | 70 (7.1) | 0.219 | Â | 119 (99.2) | 1 (0.8) | 0.000 |
 A. lepidum | 173 (19.3) | 137 (13.8) | 0.001 |  | 306 (98.7) | 4 (1.3) | 0.000 |
 A. variegatum | 12 (1.3) | 17 (1.7) | 0.576 |  | 22 (75.9) | 7 (24.1) | 0.014 |
 H. albiparmatum | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.3) | 0.252 |  | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.252 |
 H. rufipes | 32 (3.6) | 18 (1.8) | 0.021 |  | 50 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.000 |
R. appendiculatus | 121 (13.5) | 19 (1.9) | 0.000 | Â | 137 (97.9) | 3 (2.1) | 0.000 |
R. decoloratus | 6 (0.7) | 12 (1.2) | 0.246 | Â | 14 (77.8) | 4 (22.2) | 0.055 |
R. evertsi | 187 (20.8) | 123 (12.4) | 0.000 | Â | 306 (98.7) | 4 (1.3) | 0.000 |
R. microplus | 316 (35.2) | 593 (59.8) | 0.000 | Â | 44 (4.8) | 865 (95.2) | 0.000 |