Fig. 1: Overview of the tick virome.
From: Metavirome of 31 tick species provides a compendium of 1,801 RNA virus genomes
a, Geographic map of sample collections. The size of the circle represents the number of tick samples collected in the area. Each sampling site was geo-referenced to the Chinese map on the basis of its latitude and longitude. b, The proportion of viral RNA reads in non-ribosome reads among ticks in family Argasidae and six genera of the family Ixodidae. c, The relative abundance of the top 32 viral families (>1 per ten thousand viral reads in any tick species) detected in each tick species. d, The relative virus abundances (viral read counts per million non-rRNA reads in each library) and positive rates of the top 20 viral families among ticks in the family Argasidae and six genera of the family Ixodidae. e, Comparison between viral families detected in our ticks and those previously reported in other arthropods. The detection approaches for viral families in other arthropods include RT–PCR, RNA-seq or both.
