Small mammal species | No. of small mammals captured | No. of small mammals positive for Rickettsia spp. by qPCR (%) | No. of small mammals positive for Borrelia spp. by qPCR (%) | No. of samples selected for identification of Borrelia spp. (MLST) | No. of samples selected for identification of Rickettsia spp. (ompB) | Species identification for Rickettsia spp. |
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Apodemus flavicollis | 214 | 50 (23.4) | 64 (25.4) | 0 | 5 | 4× R. helvetica; 1× R. felis |
Apodemus agrarius | 7 | 0 (0) | 3 (42.9) | 0 | 0 | Â |
Myodes glareolus | 435 | 114 | 143 (32.9) | 5 (4× ST 165; 1× ST 559) | 12a | 5× R. raoultii; 5× R. helvetica |
Microtus arvalis | 8 | 0 (0) | 5 (62.5) | 0 | 0 | Â |
Otherb | 9 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | Â |
Total | 673 | 170 (25.3) | 210 (31.2) | 5 | 12 | 9× R. helvetica; 1× R. felis; 5× R. raoultii |