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Table 1 Abundance of I. ricinus ticks in forested urban and natural regions of Poland

From: Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae infections in Ixodes ricinus ticks from urban and natural forested areas of Poland

Collection site

Quality of habitat

Abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks (per 100 m2[95% CL])

Total, all months

May

July

September

Nymphs

Females

Males

Total

Nymphs

Females

Males

Total

Nymphs

Females

Males

Total

Nymphs

Females

Males

Total

Bielański Forest

urban

8.3

0.9

1.2

10.5

17.5

4.0

0.5

22.0

9.5

2.0

1.5

13.0

11.8

2.3

1.1

15.2*

8.8

[5,3-11,3]

[0,1-1,8]

[0,2-2,3]

[6,8-14,1]

[5,4-29,6]

[0,4-7,6]

[0,0-4,9]

[7,2-36,8]

[0,0-21,6]

[0,0-5,6]

[0,0-5,9]

[0,0-27,8]

[6.0-17.6]

[0.6-4.0]

[0.0-3.2]

[8.1-22.2]

[5.9-11.6]

Kabacki Forest

3.7

0.2

0.3

4.2

6.0

1.5

1.0

8.5

9.5

0.0

1.5

11.0

6.4

0.6

0.9

7.9

[0,0-7,5]

[0,0-1,3]

[0,0-1,6]

[0,0-8,8]

[0,0-18,1]

[0,0-5,1]

[0,0-5,4]

[0,0-23,3]

[0,0-21,6]

[0,0-3,6]

[0,0-5,9]

[0,0-25,8]

[0.6-12.2]

[0.0-2.3]

[0.0-3.0]

[0.8-15.1]

 

BNP

natural

11.5

3.4

3.9

18.8

21.3

2.3

2.7

26.3

8.2

2.2

1.7

12.1

13.7

2.6

2.8

19.1*

13.4

[7,6-15,5]

[2,2-4,5]

[2,5-5,4]

[14,0-23,6]

[14,3-28,3]

[0,3-4,4]

[0,2-5,2]

[17,8-34,9]

[2,5-13,9]

[0,5-3,9]

[0,0-3,7]

[5,1-19,1]

[10.4-17.0]

[1.7-3.6]

[1.6-3.9]

[15.1-23.1]

[10.9-16.0]

KNP

1.7

2.1

2.9

6,8

2.3

0.8

1.3

4.5

6.0

0.3

1.0

7.3

3.4

1.1

1.8

6.2

[0,0-6,2]

[0,8-3,4]

[1,3-4,5]

[1,4-12,2]

[0,0-9,3]

[0,0-2,9]

[0,0-3,8]

[0,0-13,0]

[0,0-14,6]

[0,0-2,8]

[0,0-4,1]

[0,0-17,7]

[0.0-7.3]

[0.0-2.2]

[0.3-3.2]

[1.3-11.0]

MLP

13.3

0.3

0.5

14,1

3.0

0.0

5.0

8.0

10.0

2.0

2.4

14.4

8.8

0.8

2.6

12.2*

[8,6-18,1]

[0,0-1,7]

[0,0-2,2]

[8,3-19,9]

[0,0-20,1]

[0,0-5,0]

[0,0-11,2]

[0,0-28,9]

[2,3-17,7]

[0,0-4,3]

[0,0-5,2]

[5,0-23,8]

[2.3-15.2]

[0.0-2.7]

[0.3-4,9]

[4.2-20.0]

Total, all sites

7.7

1.4

1.7

10.9

10.0

1.7

2.1

13.9

8.6

1.3

1.6

11.6

8.8

1,5

1.8

12.1 [9.3-14.9]

[5.9-9.5]

[0.9-1.9]

[1.1-2.4]

[8.7-13.1]

[4.8-15.2]

[0.2-3.3]

[0.2-4.0]

[7.5-20.3]

[4,4-12.9]

[0.0-2.6]

[0.1-3.2]

[6.3-16.8]

[6.5-11.1]

[0.8-2.2]

[1.0-2.7]

 
  1. CL- 95% confidence limits.
  2. *classified as high-tick-density forests.
  3. N- nymphs, F- females, M-males.