Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum: prevalences and investigations on a new transmission path in small mammals and ixodid ticks

Table 1 Number of questing Ixodes ricinus DNA samples available from earlier studies from 2009 to 2013 from site R1 and from 2011 and 2012 from site T

Year	Number of DNA samples fromIxodes ricinusper developmental stage / sex								Ticks investigated per year
	Site R1				Site T
	Females	Males	Nymphs	Larvae^d	Females	Males	Nymphs	Larvae^d
2009^a	75	83	67	-	-	-	-	-	225
2010^a	60	60	60	-	-	-	-	-	180
2011^b	120	120	115	-	33	46	120	145	699
2012^b	115	120	120	-	109	117	120	80	781
2013^c	85	88	88	-	^-	^-	-	-	321
Total	455	471	450		141	174	300	225	2216

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