Table 6 Pathogen prevalence according to the initial screening (all adults) and different sampling strategies (A, B, C) and prevalence difference among each strategy compared to the initial screening (Δ)

Pathogens

all adults

n = 193

female ticks

all year

n = 95

Δ

all ticks

April-June

n = 127

Δ

female ticks

April-June

n = 67

Δ

pos

%

pos

%

%

pos

%

%

pos

%

%

B. burgdorferi s.l.

34

17.6

23

24.2

6.6

19

15.0

2.6

14

20.9

3.3

   B. valaisiana

12

6.2

6

6.3

0.1

6

4.7

-1.5

4

6.0

-0.2

   B. afzelii

10

5.2

7

7.4

2.2

4

3.1

-2.0

2

3.0

-2.2

   B. garinii

8

4.1

7

7.4

3.2

7

5.5

1.4

6

9.0

4.1

   B. burgdorferi s.s.

6

3.1

5

5.3

2.2

4

3.1

0.0

4

6.0

2.9

R. helvetica

25

13.1

18

19.1

6.1

20

15.7

2.7

14

21.2

8.1

Ca. N. mikurensis

20

10.5

8

8.5

-2.0

11

8.7

-1.8

5

7.6

-2.0

R. monacensis

7

3.7

3

3.2

-0.5

2

1.6

-2.1

1

1.5

-2.2

TBEv

4

2.1

4

4.2

2.1

4

3.1

1.1

4

6.0

3.9

A. phagocytophilum

3

1.6

3

3.2

1.6

3

2.4

0.8

3

4.5

2.9

Bartonella spp.

2

1.0

0

0.0

-1.0

2

1.6

0.5

0

0.0

-1.0

Babesia EU1

1

0.5

0

0.0

-0.5

1

0.8

0.3

0

0.0

-0.5

Total

77

39.9

44

46.3

6.4

50

39.4

-0.5

31

46.3

6.4