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Table 6 Small mammals trapped at recreational areas of Leipzig during 2010 and 2011: detailed results of their tick infestation and results of the PCR screening of the ticks for Babesia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum *

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

  

No. with infestation

  

[median no. of ticks (range)]

  

larvae

nymphs

Small mammalian species

No.

Ir

It

Ix

Dr

unid .

Ir

Ap -positive

Ba -positive

Dr

Derm.

unid .

Yellow-necked mouse

32

21 [2 (1–16)]

 

4 [2 (1–2)]

 

1 [1 (1)]

8 [1 (1–17)]

1 (I)

1 B. sp. EU1 (eng; site H)

1 [1 (1)]

 

1 [1 (1)]

Striped field mouse

3

2 [6.5 (1–12)]

 

1 [1 (1)]

  

1 [5 (5)]

     

Bank vole

36

17 [3 (1–13)]

1 [1 (1)]

2 [1.5 (1–2)]

1 [5 ( 5)]

 

6 [1 (1–2)]

1 (E)

1 B. sp. EU1 (uneng; site I)

13 [7 (1–22)]

1 [1 (1)]

 

European water vole

3

     

2 [1.5 (1–2)]

     

Common mole

1

1 [4 (4)]

          

Greater white-toothed shrew

4

2 [5.5 (2–9)]

    

1 [1 (1)]

     

Common shrew

1

           

Total

80

43

1

7

1

 

18

2

2

14

1

1

  1. Ba, Babesia spp.; B.sp. EU1, Babesia sp. EU1; Ap, Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ir, Ixodes ricinus; It, Ixodes trianguliceps; Ix, Ixodes spp.; unid., unidentified species; Dr, Dermacentor reticulatus; Derm., Dermacentor spp.; eng, engorged; uneng, unengorged.
  2. *All Ixodes-ticks (larvae and nymphs) were screened for Babesia sp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, all Dermacentor-ticks (larvae and nymphs) for Babesia spp., however, in this table only the positive results are shown.