Figure 1
From: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in tick populations in Estonia
Tick sampling sites and B . burgdorferi s.l. genospecies in Estonia. Sites are grouped into regions according to their geographical and administrative locations. Regions are named according to their administrative location. The sympatric area for I. persulcatus and I. ricinus tick species is dashed according to Golovljova, I. unpublished data. BA- B. afzelii, BG- B. garinii, BV- B. valaisiana, Bbss- B. burgdorferi s.s., Bbav – B. bavariensis. The prevalence values of the given region are calculated according to the total tick population of the region analyzed for the presence of B. burgdorferi s.l.