Abundance of Ixodes ricinus and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in the nature reserve Siebengebirge, Germany, in comparison to three former studies from 1978 onwards

Table 3 Total number (No.) and percentage (%) of single and multiple infections of ticks with Borrelia afzelii (AF), B. garinii (GA), B. valaisiana (VA), B. burgdorferi s.s. (SS) and B. lusitaniae (LU) at the three collection sites

Plant community	Fraxino-Aceretum pseudoplatani				Luzulo-Fagetum milieotosum				Galio-Fagetum typicum
Geno-	2007		2008		2007		2008		2007		2008
species	No.^a	%^b	No.^a	%^b	No.^a	%^b	No.^a	%^b	No.^a	%^b	No.^a	%^b
AF	6	30.0	5¹	15.2	3	5.9	2	3.4	26	41.9	4	16.7
GA	4	20.0	13³	39.4	25	49.0	23	39.0	6	9.7	6¹	25.0
VA	3	15.0	6	18.2	1	2.0	4	6.8	1	1.6	5²	20.8
SS	0	0.0	4	12.1	0	0.0	12¹	20.3	0	0.0	2	8.3
LU	0	0.0	0	0.0	7¹	13.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
AF/GA	3	15.0	2¹	6.1	7	13.7	1	1.7	20³	32.3	2	8.3
AF/VA	2	10.0	1	3.0	0	0.0	1	1.7	1	1.6	2	8.3
AF/SS	0	0.0	1	3.0	0	0.0	4	6.8	4¹	6.5	1	4.2
GA/VA	1	5.0	1	3.0	1	2.0	2	3.4	1	1.6	0	0.0
GA/SS	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	10.2	0	0.0	1¹	4.2
GA/LU	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	13.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
VA/LU	1	5.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
AF/GA/VA	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.2
AF/GA/SS	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	6.8	3	4.8	0	0.0
Total	20	100	33	100	51	100	59	100	62	100	24	100

^a superscripts indicate the corresponding numbers of adult ticks with the respective infection.
^b calculated from the total number of infected ticks used for genospecies identification in the respective year and from the respective site.

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