Prevalence and molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes granulatus ticks collected from Rattus losea on Kinmen Island of Taiwan

Table 3 Genospecies identification of Borrelia spirochetes detected in I. granulatus ticks collected from four townships of Kinmen Island, Taiwan

Township	Positive No. by PCR		Genospecies determined by 5S (*rrf)-23S (rrl*) gene sequences
			*B. burgdorferi* sensu stricto	*B. valaisiana*	Untyping
Kin-Hu	65	12	46	7
Kin-Sha	47	4	35	8
Kin-Ning	1	1	0	0
Kin-Cheng	10	2	6	2
Total (%)	123	19 (15.4)	87 (70.7)	17 (13.8)

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