Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Letter
Rickettsia raoultii in Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, 2010
Table
Prevalence of Rickettsia raoultii infection among Dermacentor reticulatus ticks, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, 2010
Area of tick collection | No. ticks infected/no. ticks examined (prevalence, %) |
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Male | Female | Total | |
Korohod | 40/48 (83.33) | 40/60 (66.66) | 80/108 (74.07) |
Cherevach | 21/28 (75.00) | 32/46 (69.56) | 53/74 (71.62) |
Chernobyl | 9/11 (81.82) | 4/8 (50.00) | 13/19 (68.42) |
All 3 areas | 70/87 (80.46) | 76/114 (66.66) | 146/201 (72.64) |
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