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Table 2 Different tick-borne microorganisms found in ticks collected from humans.

From: Small risk of developing symptomatic tick-borne diseases following a tick bite in the Netherlands

Species

positive ticks

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.

47/297

   B. afzelii

33

   B. garinii

6

   B. valaisiana

1

   undetermined

7

Rickettsia spp.*

55/297

   R. helvetica

40

   R. monacensis

11

   undetermined

5

Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp.

33/289

   Ehrlichia sp. schotti variant

31

   A. phagocytophilum

1

   undetermined

1

Babesia spp.

28/297

   B. microti

27

   undetermined

1

  1. Microorganisms in tick lysates were detected and identified by PCR followed by RLB.
  2. *one tick had a double infection with R. helvetica and R. monacensis