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Table 4 Infection rates with Babesia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks from recreational areas within the city limits of Leipzig, Saxony and at comparative sites in Bavaria and the Saarland

From: Babesia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing ticks, ticks parasitizing rodents and the parasitized rodents – Analyzing the host-pathogen-vector interface in a metropolitan area

 

I. ricinus

D. reticulatus

     

No. positive (%)

   

No. positive (%)

 

Total no. investigated

Babesiaspp.

A. phagocytophilum

Total no. investigated

Babesiaspp.

Site

F

M

N

Total

F

M

N

Total

F

M

N

Total

F

M

Total

F

M

Total

E

45

56

6

107

0 (0)

4 (7.1)

1 (16.7)

5 (4.7)

7 (15.6)

5 (8.9)

0 (0)

12 (11.2)

309

190

499

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

F

6

4

10

20

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

29

21

50

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

G

6

2

13

21

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

111

80

191

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

H

74

53

45

172

8 (10.8)

6 (11.3)

1 (2.2)

15 (8.7)

2 (2.7)

2 (3.8)

0 (0)

4 (2.3)

48

16

64

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

I

81

104

34

219

0 (0)

1 (0.96)

1 (2.9)

2 (0.9)

10 (12.3)

18 (17.3)

3 (8.8)

31 (14.2)

n. a.

n. a.

n. a.

n. a.

n. a.

n. a.

Total Leipzig

212

219

108

539

9 (4.3)

11 (5.0)

3 (2.8)

22 (4.1) 1 x Bcap , 3 x B . sp. EU1, 18 x Bm

19 (9.0)

25 (11.4)

3 (2.8-3.7)

47 (8.7)

497

307

804

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Bavaria

42

58

28

128

4 (9.5)

3 (5.2)

0 (0)

7 (5.5) (2 x Bd , 2 x B. sp. EU1, 3 x Bm )

1 (2.4)

10 (17.2)

1 (3.6)

12 (9.4)

95

40

135

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Saarlanda

43

36

36

115

2 (4.7)

4 (11.1)

1-2 (2.8-5.1)

7 (6.1) b 1 x B. sp. EU1, 4 x Bm , 2 x Ba

9 (21.0)

9 (25.0)

2-7 (5.6-19.4)

20 (17.4) b

      
  1. Bcap, Babesia capreoli; Bd, Babesia divergens; B. sp. EU1, Babesia sp. EU1; Bm, Babesia microti; Ba, Babesia sp.
  2. a results of the D. reticulatus from the Saarland have been published elsewhere[14].
  3. b minimum infection rate: nymphs were investigated in pools of up to five - assuming that only one tick in the pool was infected.