Table 1 Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia spp. copy number distribution among positive female I. ricinus collected from dogs and cats

 < 10¹

15/285 (5.3%)

49/427 (11.5%)

31/464 (6.7%)

95/827 (11.5%)

 ≥ 10¹ < 10²

121/285 (42.5%)

137/427 (32.1%)

177/464 (38.2%)

335/827 (40.5%)

 ≥ 10² < 10³

90/285 (31.6%)

79/427 (18.5%)

173/464 (37.3%)

164/827 (19.8%)

 ≥ 10³ < 10⁴

17/285 (6.0%)

59/427 (13.8%)

24/464 (5.2%)

89/827 (10.8%)

 ≥ 10⁴

42/285 (14.7%)

103/427 (24.1%)

59/464 (12.7%)

144/827 (17.4%)

Median

6.88 × 10¹

1.07 × 10²

1.17 × 10²

9.00 × 10¹