Supplementary figure legends
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.