The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada

Table 5 Prevalence of infection of I. scapularis ticks ^† by instar*

	Tick Instar
Pathogen	Larvae	Nymphs	Adults
B. miyamotoi	0/4 (0)	1/139 (0.7)	22/4778 (0.5)
B. burgdorferi	0/4 (0)	16/139 (11.5)	676/4778 (14.1)
A. phagocytophilum	0/4 (0)	0/139 (0)	37/4778 (0.8)
Coinfections of B. miyamotoi and B. burgdorferi	0/4 (0)	0/139 (0)	8/4778 (0.2)
Coinfections of A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi	0/4 (0)	0/139 (0)	11/4778 (0.2)

*This table does not include data from 17 ticks for which instar was not recorded.
^†Collected by passive surveillance in 2012.

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