Novel Borrelia species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor, in Australia

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Summary of the sex and life stages of the tick specimens used in this study, including the positive controls Ixodes holocyclus and I. ricinus. The geographical regions where the ticks were collected either from a host or vegetation were recorded and the number of ticks positive for Borrelia genes is presented in terms of percentage

Ticks	Region	Host/questing	n	Gene (% of positive samples)
Ticks	Region	Host/questing	n	16S	flaB
B. concolor
M	QLD	Echidna	12	0	16.6
	NSW	Echidna	10	10	10
	VIC	Echidna	4	0	0
F	QLD	Echidna	69	36.2	50.7
F	NSW	Echidna	2	100	100
I. holocyclus
F	NSW	Echidna	1	100	100
I. ricinus
N	Leipzig, Germany	Questing	4	100	100

Abbreviations: M male adult, F female adult, N nymph, QLD Queensland, NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria

ISSN: 1756-3305