Occurrence of Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in Ixodes ricinus in Bavarian public parks, Germany

Schorn, Sabine; Pfister, Kurt; Reulen, Holger; Mahling, Monia; Silaghi, Cornelia

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-135

Table 2 Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens detected in Ixodes ricinus in Bavarian public parks, Germany, 2009/2010

From: Occurrence of Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in Ixodes ricinus in Bavarian public parks, Germany

					positive ticks (in %)
sites	year	No. of investigated ticks			*Babesia* spp.			*Rickettsia* spp.
		A	N	L pool [n]	A	N	L pool [n]	A	N	L pool [n]
*M1	2009	302	87	4 [14]	0	0	0	40 (13.2)	9 (10.3)	0
M2	2009	344	156	24 [120]	1 (0.3)	0	0	16 (4.7)	11 (7.1)	2 [10] (1.7-8.3)
	2010	267	150	3 [9]	0	0	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
M3	2009	300	150	21 [102]	4 (1.3)	1 (0.7)	0	29 (9.7)	7 (4.7)	2 [10] (2.0-9.8)
	2010	272	150	23 [106]	5 (1.8)	0	1 [5] (0.9-4.7)	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
R1	2009	263	129	20 [94]	0	0	0	13 (4.9)	9 (7.0)	0
	2010	238	150	11 [50]	2 (0.8)	0	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
*R2	2009	213	145	14 [63]	2 (0.9)	0	1 [2] (1.6-3.2)	9 (4.2)	5 (3.4)	1 [1] (1.6)
I1	2009	328	156	19 [91]	0	0	0	16 (4.9)	11 (7.1)	2 [10] (2.2-11.0)
	2010	203	142	14 [70]	1 (0.5)	0	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
*I2	2009	344	143	24 [109]	2 (0.6)	0	0	34 (9.9)	7 (4.9)	5 [25] (4.6-22.9)
*A	2009	166	83	19 [91]	0	0	0	10 (6.0)	8 (9.6)	4 [20] (4.4-22.0)
B	2009	235	141	21 [90]	3 (1.3)	2 (1.4)	0	21 (8.9)	14 (9.9)	0
	2010	162	150	5 [15]	0	2 (1.3)	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
month
*April	2009	330	85	3 [13]	0	0	0	15 (4.5)	2 (2.4)	0
May	2009	540	211	12 [51]	4 (0.7)	0	0	34 (6.3)	19 (9.0)	1 [5] (2.0-9.8)
	2010	300	150	6 [30]	0	1 (0.7)	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
June	2009	531	261	42 [202]	3 (0.6)	3 (1.1)	0	50 (9.4)	25 (9.6)	2 [10] (1.0-5.0)
	2010	300	150	8 [39]	4 (1.3)	0	1 [5] (2.6-12.8)	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
July	2009	463	195	26 [115]	3 (0.6)	0	0	49 (10.6)	15 (7.7)	3 [15] (2.6-13.0)
	2010	257	150	9 [37]	1 (0.4)	1 (0.7)	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
August	2009	396	228	43 [201]	3 (0.8)	0	1 [2] (0.5-1.0)	29 (7.3)	14 (6.1)	5 [21] (2.5-10.4)
	2010	187	142	14 [66]	3 (1.6)	0	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
September	2009	235	210	40 [192]	0	0	0	11 (4.7)	6 (2.9)	5 [25] (2.6-13.0)
	2010	98	150	19 [78]	0	0	0	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
total	2009	2495	1190	166 [774]	13 (0.5)	3 (0.3)	1 [2] (0.1-0.3)	188 (7.5)	81 (6.8)	16 [76] (2.1-9.8)
	2010	1142	742	56 [250]	8 (0.7)	2 (0.3)	1 [5] (0.4-2.0)	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
species					19 × B. EU1 1 × B. div/cap 1 × B. gibs-l.	4 × B. EU1 1 × B. div	2 × B. EU1	180 × R. helv 7 × R. mon IrR 1 × R. mon	77 × R. helv 4 × R. mon IrR	15 × R. helv 1 × R. mon IrR

*no investigation in 2010; A: adult ticks, N: nymphs, L: larvae; n.d.: not detected; s.f.: sequence failed
Species: B. EU1: Babesia sp. EU1; B. div: Babesia divergens; B. div/cap: Babesia divergens/capreoli; B. gibs-l.: B. gibsoni-like
R. helv: Rickettsia helvetica; R. mon IrR: Rickettsia monacensis IrR/Munich; R. mon: Rickettsia monacensis

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