Rural Residents in China Are at Increased Risk of Exposure to Tick-Borne Pathogens Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Table 1

The overall seroprevalence of E. chaffeensis and A. phagocytophilum in rural and urban residents, China, 2007–2009.

Pathogens	Rural		Urban		Odds ratio; (95% CI)	𝑃 value
	Number positives/total number	Seropositivity rate % (95% CI)	Number positives/total number	Seropositivity rate % (95% CI)
E. chaffeensis	719/7322	9.8 (9.1–10.5)	20/819	2.4 (1.4–3.4)	4.4 (2.8–6.8)	<0.0001
A. phagocytophilum	1331/7321	15.4 (14.6–16.2)	12/819	1.5 (0.7–2.3)	12.7 (7.2–22.5)	<0.0001

CI: confidence interval.