In sub-Saharan Africa, virulent babesiosis in domestic dogs is primarily caused by Babesia rossi. Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas), indigenous hosts of B. rossi, are the most likely reservoir from which B. rossi became established in domestic dog populations in South Africa. Haemaphysalis elliptica is the only confirmed vector transmitting B. rossi to domestic dogs; very little was known about the prevalence of H. elliptica infestation in black-backed jackal populations. All jackals (n = 9) from a site in Gauteng Province, South Africa, were infested with H. elliptica, which was also the most numerous tick recovered. Rhipicephalus simus was the second-most prevalent tick. Low numbers of four other tick species were recovered. An extended dataset (n = 23) including published data on adult black-backed jackals (n = 14) from other parts of South Africa indicated that H. elliptica (74%) was the most prevalent species, followed by R. simus (44%). Published data from black-backed jackals (n = 12) in Kenya showed a prevalence of H. leachi sensu lato infestation of 93%. We conclude that where its off-host ecological requirements are met, H. elliptica/leachi is the most prevalent tick infesting black-backed jackal population throughout their range. A comprehensive checklist, with discussion, is given for the 29 tick species reported from black-backed jackals in both southern and northeastern Africa.

在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，在国内犬巴贝斯虫病毒力主要是由引起巴贝斯罗西。黑背豺（犬mesomelas），土著主机B.罗西，是从最有可能的水库B.罗西成为建立在南非国内的犬群。椭圆形血气单胞菌是唯一可将罗氏沼虾传播给家犬的载体。关于黑背狐狼种群中H. elliptica感染的患病率知之甚少。 来自南非豪登省一个地点的所有jack狼（n = 9）都感染了椭圆菌，这也是被回收的最多的tick。Rhipicephalus simus是第二高的tick。回收的其他四个tick种数量很少。扩展的数据集（n  = 23）包括 来自南非其他地区的成年黑背jack（n = 14）的已发布数据表明，椭圆形支原体（74％）是最流行的物种，其次是simus（44） ％）。来自 肯尼亚的黑背jack狼（n = 12）的已公布数据显示，麻疯树的感染率为93％。我们的结论是，其中的脱离主机的生态要求得到满足，H. elliptica / leachi在整个范围内，是最普遍的tick虫出没的黑背jack狼种群。给出了一份全面的清单，并进行了讨论，针对非洲南部和东北部黑背jack狼报告的29种tick科物种。