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Supplementary Figure 1. Photographs of representative specimens of vectors collected from livestock at livestock markets and slaughterhouses: A. Am. gemma female; B. Am. gemma male; C. Amblyomma sp. nymph; D. Am variegatum female; E.Am variegatum male; F. Haemaphysalis sp.; G.Rhipicephalus evertsi female and male; H. Rh. evertsimale; I. Rh. appendiculatus male; J. Rh. appendiculatusfemale; K. Rh. decoloratus; L. Haematopinus suis; M. Ctenocephalides felis.
Supplementary Figure 2. Partial ompB gene sequences of Rickettsia africae obtained from this study aligned with GenBank reference sequences. Accession numbers of sequences from this study are in bold. Note the deletion mutation of a 4-base pair motif and several base substitutions in the sequences. Red = Adenine; Blue = Cytosine; Green = Thymine; Yellow = Guanine; Grey = consensus with R. africae reference sequence.