First detection and molecular characterization of Jingmen tick virus with a high occurrence in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from livestock in Cameroon (2024)

Kiwan, Paloma; Lopez, Eva; Gasparine, Morena; Piorkowski, Geraldine; Colmant, Agathe; Paguem, Achille; Mvodo, Stephanie; Thirion, Laurence; de Lamballerie, Xavier; Charrel, Remi; Falchi, Alessandra

doi:10.1186/s13071-025-06670-w

Table 3 Characteristics of JMTV-positive tick pools in cattle and sheep

From: First detection and molecular characterization of Jingmen tick virus with a high occurrence in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from livestock in Cameroon (2024)

Animal	Sample site	Animal ID	Tick pool ID	Pool size (number of ticks/pool)	Tick species	Sex	Ct
Cattle	Akam-Engali	1113	1113_2^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	27
		1100	1100–1^*	9	Rhipicephalus spp.	Nymphe	19
		1091	1091–1	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	28
		1117	1117–2^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	19
		1053	1053–1	6	R. (B.) microplus	Male	24
			1053–3	1	Amblyomma variegatum	Male	22
			1053–4	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	22
		1097	1097–1	1	R. (B.) microplus	Male	22
		1161	1161–1	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	35
		1096	1096–1^*	4	R. (B.) microplus	Male	24
		1189	1189–1	2	R. (B.) microplus	Female	31
		422	422–1	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	31
		8	8_2	5	R. (B.) microplus	Female	21
		426	426–1^*	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	26
		426	426–2^*	3	R. (B.) microplus	Male	21
		44	44–1	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	30
		1169	1169–1	3	R. (B.) microplus	Female	20
		45	45–1	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	27
		1150	1150–2^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	23
		1023	1023–1^*	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	28
		354	354–2	3	R. (B.) microplus	Female	34
		1168	1168–1^*	5	R. (B.) microplus	Female	28
		1025	1025–1^*	5	R. (B.) microplus	Female	21
		1025	1025–2	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	38
		1015	1015–1^*	5	R. (B.) microplus	Female	23
		424	424–1^*	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	25
		1195	1195–1^*	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	24
		141	141–1^*	2	R. (B.) microplus	Female	20
		1109	1109–1^*	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	24
		181	181–2	4	R. (B.) microplus	Male	23
		172	172–1^*	5	R. (B.) microplus	Male	20
		1137	1137–1	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	27
			1137–2	2	R. (B.) microplus	Male	32
			1137–3^*	7	R. (B.) microplus	Female	17
		428	428–1	3	R. (B.) microplus	Female	40
		176	176–1^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	19
		1198	1198–1^*	5	R. (B.) microplus	Female	22
		161	161–1	2	R. (B.) microplus	Male	37
		161	161–2^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	20
		178	178–2^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Male	23
		17	17_1^*	2	R. (B.) microplus	Male	17
		171	171–1^*	7	R. (B.) microplus	Male	24
		171	171–2	2	Amblyomma variegatum	Male	33
		1054	1054–1^*	3	R. (B.) microplus	Male	22
		167	167–2^*	3	R. (B.) microplus	Female	20
		357	357–1	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	31
		1042	1042–2^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	23
	Akena	92	92–1	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	38
			92–3	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	34
			92–6^*	1	R. (B.) microplus	Female	20
			92–7	2	R. (B.) microplus	Female	23
			92–9^*	4	R. (B.) microplus	Female	22
		82	82–1	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	32
			82–2	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	30
			82–3	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	28
			82–4	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	19
			82–5	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	22
			82–6^*	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	19
			82–7^*	6	R. (B.) microplus	Female	17
	Ngoulemakons	580	580–1	6	R. (B.) microplus	Male	27
Sheep	Efoulan	642	642–1	1	R. (B.) microplus	Male	33

^*Confirmed to be JMTV by sequencing

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