Table 3 Prevalence of B. burgdorferi (s.l.), B. miyamotoi and Rickettsia spp. in single-stored adult and nymphal ticks
From: Tick-borne bacterial pathogens in southwestern Finland
Study area | No. of DNA samples | No. (%) of samples positive for B. burgdorferi (s.l.) | No. (%) of samples positive for B. miyamotoi | No. (%) of samples positive for Rickettsia spp. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Ada | Na | Overall | Ad | N | Overall | Ad | N | Overall | Ad | N | Overall |
Boskär | 11 | 149 | 160 | 1 (9.1) | 46 (30.9) | 47 (29.4) | 0 | 1 (0.67) | 1 (0.63) | 0 | 1 (0.67) | 1 (0.63) |
Berghamn | 1 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 (5.3) | 1 (5.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seili | 57 | 665 | 722 | 14 (24.6) | 112 (16.8) | 126 (17.5) | 1 (1.8) | 3 (0.45) | 4 (0.56) | 3 (5.3) | 10 (1.5) | 13 (1.8) |
Pähkinäinen | 5 | 83 | 88 | 2 (40.0) | 16 (19.3) | 18 (20.5) | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (20.0) | 0 | 1 (1.1) |
Maisaari | 2 | 16 | 18 | 1 (50.0) | 3 (18.8) | 4 (22.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vepsä | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 (50.0) | 0 | 2 (22.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ruissalo | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 1 (10.0) |
Hirvensalo | 0 | 9 | 9 | - | 1 (11.1) | 1 (11.1) | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Coastal line | 4 | 23 | 27 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (8.7) | 4 (14.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern line | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Lempäälä | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 (9.1) | - | 1 (9.1) | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Total | 98 | 979 | 1077 | 23 (23.5) | 181 (18.5) | 204 (18.9) | 1 (1.02) | 5 (0.51) | 6 (0.56) | 5 (5.1) | 11 (1.1) | 16 (1.5) |