Table 2 Infection rates with Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from recreational areas in Bavaria, the Saarland and in and around the city of Leipzig, Saxony

Leipzig

67

212

(31.6)

52

219

(23.7)

20-28

108

(18.5-25.9)

139-147

539

(25.8-27.3)

Site

E

7

45

(15.6)

8

56

(14.3)

3

6

(50)

18

107

(16.8)

F

2

6

(33.3)

1

4

(25.0)

1-5

10

(10–50)

4-9

20

(20.0-45.0)

G

0

6

(0)

0

2

(0)

0

13

(0)

0

21

(0)

H

35

74

(47.3)

18

53

(34.0)

10-14

45

(22.2-31.1)

63-67

172

(36.6-39.0)

I

23

81

(28.4)

25

104

(24.0)

6

34

(17.6)

54

219

(24.7)

Bavaria

5

42

(11.9)

5

58

(8.6)

1

28

(3.6)

11

128

(8.6)

Saarland

17

43

(39.5)

18

36

(50.0)

4-12

36

(11.1-33.3)

39-47

115

(33.9-40.1)

All regions

89

297

(29.7)

75

313

(24.0)

25-44

172

(14.5-25.6)

189-208

782

(24.2-26.6)