Bird ticks in Hungary reflect western, southern, eastern flyway connections and two genetic lineages of Ixodes frontalis and Haemaphysalis concinna

Table 3 Genotypes of Ixodes frontalis and Haemaphysalis concinna identified in this study, according to bird species and season

The number of letters of a season below one bird species in the given row indicates the number of ticks belonging to the relevant genotype. The same upper index on these letters indicate ticks that were found simultaneously on the same bird individual
Abbreviations: S spring, M summer, A autumn, W winter. For abbreviations of bird names see Table 1

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