Table 1 B. burgdorferi s.l.-infected Hanoverian ticks (positive/total ticks) in 2010

Adults

30/89

12/48

15/39

12/41

17/56

14/52

24/47

124/372

(%)

(33.7)

(25.0)

(38.5)

(36.6)

(29.3)

(26.9)

(51.1)

(33.3)

q*

1

0

2

0

1

0

1

5

Thereof males

15/57

6/29

8/19

7/24

7/24

6/25

9/18

58/196

(%)

(26.3)

(20.7)

(42.1)

(37.5)

(29.2)

(24.0)

(50.0)

(29.6)

q*

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

females

15/32

6/19

7/20

5/17

10/32

8/27

15/29

66/176

(%)

(46.8)

(31.6)

(35.0)

(35.6)

(31.3)

(29.6)

(51.7)

(37.5)

q*

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

3

Nymphs

27/201

41/248

61/261

47/259

46/244

52/241

70/243

344/1697

(%)

(13.4)

(16.5)

(23.4)

(26.6)

(18.9)

(21.6)

(28.8)

(20.3)

q*

4

5

4

2

2

4

4

25

Larvae

3/10

0/4

0/0

0/0

0/0

1/7

4/10

8/31

(%)

(30.0)

(0.0)

n.a.**

n.a.**

n.a.**

(14.3)

(40.0)

(25.8)

q*

3

0

n.a.**

n.a.**

n.a.**

0

2

5

Total

60/300

53/300

76/300

59/300

63/300

67/300

98/300

476/2100

(%)

(20.0)

(17.7)

(25.3)

(28.0)

(21.0)

(22.3)

(32.7)

(22.7)

q*

8

5

6

2

3

4

7

35