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Table 3 Distribution of different B. burgdorferi s.l. genospecies in positive Hanoverian ticks in 2010

From: Revisited: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infections in hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in the city of Hanover (Germany)

Total infections

No. (% of infected ticks)

Mono-infections

No. (% of infected ticks)

Double-infection

No. (% of infected ticks)

Triple-/Quadruple-infection

No. (% of infected ticks)

Baf

147 (30.9%)

Baf

101 (21.2%)

Baf + Bbi

2 (0.4%)

Baf + Bga/Bba + Bsp

2 (0.4%)

Bva

46 (9.7%)

Bva

30 (6.3%)

Baf + Bga/Bba

11 (2.3%)

Baf + Bsp + Bss

1 (0.2%)

Bss

47 (9.9%)

Bss

25 (5.3%)

Baf + Blu

2 (0.4%)

Baf + Bss + Bva

1 (0.2%)

Bga/Bba

54 (11.3%)

Bga/Bba

29 (6.1%)

Baf + Bsp

12 (2.5%)

Bbi + Bga/Bba + Bsp

1 (0.2%)

Bsp

52 (10.9%)

Bsp

22 (4.6%)

Baf + Bss

10 (2.1%)

Bga/Bba + Bsp + Bss

1 (0.2%)

Blu

5 (1.1%)

Blu

2 (0.4%)

Baf + Bva

4 (0.8%)

Baf + Bga/Bba + Bsp + Bss

1 (0.2%)

Bbi

10 (2.1%)

Bbi

2 (0.4%)

Bga/Bba + Bbi

1 (0.2%)

  
  

No genospecies determined

194 (40.8%)

Bga/Bba + Bsp

3 (0.6%)

  
    

Bga/Bba + Bss

1 (0.2%)

  
    

Bga/Bba + Bva

4 (0.8%)

  
    

Bsp + Bbi

2 (0.4%)

  
    

Bsp + Blu

1 (0.2%)

  
    

Bsp + Bss

3 (0.6%)

  
    

Bsp + Bva

3 (0.6%)

  
    

Bss + Bbi

1 (0.2%)

  
    

Bss + Bva

3 (0.6%)

  
    

Bva + Bbi

1 (0.2%)

  
  1. Baf: B. afzelii, Bva: B. valaisiana, Bss: B. burgdorferi s.s., Bga/Bba: B. garinii / bavariensis, Bsp: B. spielmanii, Blu: B. lusitaniae; Bbi: B. bissettii.