Spatial disaggregation of tick occurrence and ecology at a local scale as a preliminary step for spatial surveillance of tick-borne diseases: general framework and health implications in Belgium

Obsomer, Valerie; Wirtgen, Marc; Linden, Annick; Claerebout, Edwin; Heyman, Paul; Heylen, Dieter; Madder, Maxime; Maris, Jo; Lebrun, Maude; Tack, Wesley; Lempereur, Laetitia; Hance, Thierry; Van Impe, Georges

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-190

Table 1 Tick species found in Belgium per collection

From: Spatial disaggregation of tick occurrence and ecology at a local scale as a preliminary step for spatial surveillance of tick-borne diseases: general framework and health implications in Belgium

	Species	Number of species	Number of ticks	Number of records
	Ixodes ricinus (1801/395)
	Ixodes hexagonus (634/164)
	Dermacentor reticulatus (18/5)
Collection BAYER	Rhipicephalus sanguineus (6/5)	4	2264	577
	Ixodes ricinus (868/271)
	Dermacentor reticulatus (297/10)
Collection GREY DATA	Ixodes lividus (5/1)	3	1170	282
	Ixodes ricinus (43150/175)
	Ixodes lividus (7/2)
	Ixodes hexagonus (792/33)
	Rhipicephalus sanguineus (97/13)
	Argas reflexus (17/7)
	Argas vespertilionis (9/3)
	Hyalomma aegyptium (26/4)
	Ixodes acuminatus (1/1)
	Ixodes arboricola (190/3)
	Ixodes canisuga (2/1)
	Ixodes frontalis (7/4)
	Ixodes trianguliceps (9/8)
Collection LITERATURE	Ixodes vespertilionis (29/11)	13	44,655	273
	Ixodes ricinus (5819/192)
	Ixodes hexagonus (1/1)
Collection VANIMPE	Rhipicephalus sanguineus (1/1)	3	5821	194
	Ixodes ricinus (2232/87)
Collection WILDSCREEN	Dermacentor reticulatus (159/11)	2	2391	98
	Ixodes ricinus (4000/8)
	Dermacentor reticulatus (66/66)
Collection ITG	Ixodes frontalis (2/2)	3	4068	76
Collection RLVBD	Ixodes ricinus (22435/45)	1	22,435	45
	Ixodes ricinus (2670/5)
	Ixodes hexagonus (1/1)
	Ixodes arboricola (2790/12)
Collection UA	Ixodes lividus (18/2)	4	5571	29
Collection ARSIA	Ixodes ricinus (600/17)	1	600	17
	Ixodes ricinus (6/4)
	Ixodes hexagonus (4/2)
	Dermacentor reticulatus (2/1)
	Argas vespertilionis (5/1)
	Dermacentor reticulatus (2/1)
	Ixodes canisuga (1/1)
	Ixodes frontalis (1/1)
	Ixodes trianguliceps (1/1)
Collection IRSNB	Ixodes vespertilionis (18/4)	9	38	15
Collection DGZ	Ixodes ricinus (11/11)	1	11	11
Collection GLAXOSMITHKLINE	Ixodes ricinus (167/3)	1	167	3
	Ixodes ricinus (1/1)
Collection MARTIN	Dermacentor reticulatus (1/1)	2	2	2
Collection UGENT	Argas reflexus (1/1)	1	1	1
TOTAL		14	89289	1624

Species collected (number of ticks per species / number of location records per species), number of species, number of ticks and number of location recorded per collection. When the number of collected ticks is unknown the value is set to 1. (Details in Additional file 1).

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