Table 3 Ticks collected from dogs and cats infected with pathogens, the Wrocław Agglomeration (Poland), 2013-2014
Pathogens | Number of infected ticks/number of investigated ticks (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. ricinus | I. hexagonus | D. reticulatus | TOTAL | ||||||||
F | M | T | F | N | L | T | F | M | T | ||
Rickettsia spp. | 59/115 (51.3) | 5/12 (41.7) | 64/127 (50.4) | 2/32 (6.3) | 1/98 (1.0) | 0/7 (0.0) | 3/137 (2.2) | 19/31 (61.3) | 9/15 (60.0) | 28/46 (60.9) | 95/310 (30.6) |
A. phagocytophilum | 25/112 (22.3) | 1/10 (10.0) | 26/122 (21.3) | 2/31 (6.4) | 8/97 (8.2) | 1/7 (14.3) | 11/135 (8.1) | – | – | – | 37/257 (14.4) |
Cand. N. mikurensis | 10/113 (8.8) | 0/11 (0.0) | 10/124 (8.1) | 0/32 (0.0) | 1/97 (1.0) | 0/7 (0.0) | 1/136 (0.7) | – | – | – | 11/260 (4.2) |
Babesia spp. | 10/112 (8.9) | 1/10 (10.0) | 11/122 (9.0) | 0/31 (0.0) | 0/97 (0.0) | 0/7 (0.0) | 0/135 (0.0) | 0/31 (0.0) | 0/15 (0.0) | 0/46 (0.0) | 11/303 (3.6) |