Tick Bloodmeal and Pathogen Data from Amblyomma variegatum on St. Croix

Supplementary Material 3 contains four tables of metadata and genetic results from 15 Amblyomma variegatum ticks collected on St. Croix. Rebecca Ballard authored the dataset, which includes GenBank accession numbers, qPCR results, pathogen detection, and COI read counts. The data was last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Identify non-cattle host species based on COI read counts mentioned in the description
• Analyze Rickettsia africae infection prevalence and allele diversity from consensus sequences
• Cross-reference sample metadata with pathogen detection results for epidemiological studies
• Validate genetic barcoding methods using the Capra and Canis COI consensus sequences

Strengths

• Includes GenBank accession numbers for external database validation
• Contains pathogen detection results for Rickettsia africae across 15 tick samples
• Provides species-level COI read counts for host identification

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is very small (18.2 KB), indicating a limited scope

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely collected via field sampling and laboratory genetic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 04:02:33; freshness should be verified

Geography

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands