Table 5 Pathogens prevalence according to province of origin (permanent and temporary sites all over the three years) and significant differences*

provinces

Pordenone

n = 47

Udine

n = 60

Treviso

n = 64

Vicenza

n = 10

Verona

n = 12

pathogens

pos ticks

%

pos ticks

%

pos ticks

%

pos ticks

%

pos ticks

%

Lyme agents:

14

29.8^a

8

13.3^a

10

15.6

-

-

2

16.7

   B. valaisiana

3

6.4

2

3.3

5

7.8

-

-

2

16.7

   B. afzelii

8

17.0^b

2

3.3^b

-

-

-

-

-

-

   B. garinii

2

4.3

3

5.0

3

4.7

-

-

-

-

   B. burgdorferi s.s.

2

4.3

2

3.3

2

3.1

-

-

-

-

R. helvetica

6

13.0

6

10.0

10

15.6

1

10.0

2

16.7

Ca. N. mikurensis

9

19.6

5

8.3

6

9.4

-

-

-

-

R. monacensis

6

13.0^c

1

1.7^c

-

-

-

-

-

-

TBEv

-

-

4

6.7

-

-

-

-

-

-

A. phagocytophilum

-

-

2

3.3

1

1.6

-

-

-

-

Bartonella spp

-

-

1

1.7

1

1.6

-

-

-

-

Babesia EU1

-

-

-

-

1

1.6

-

-

-

-

Total

36

76.6 ^ABCd

28

46.7 ^Ae

29

45.3 ^B

1

10.0 ^Ce

4

33.3 ^d