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Table 2 Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) and of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from 2012 to 2014 in Saxony, Germany

From: The enzootic life-cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and tick-borne rickettsiae: an epidemiological study on wild-living small mammals and their ticks from Saxony, Germany

Tick species and developmental stage

No. of ticks collected

No. of ticks selected for further study

No. of ticks positive for Rickettsia spp. by qPCR (%)

No. of ticks positive for Borrelia spp. by qPCR (%)

Ixodes ricinus (Total)

741

366

42 (11.4)

20 (5.5)

 Larvae

53

10

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Nymphs

504

229

30 (13.1)

16 (6.9)

 Adults

184

127

12 (9.5)

4 (3.1)

Ixodes trianguliceps a

1

1

1 (100)

0 (0)

Dermacentor reticulatus a

174

105

74 (70.5)

0 (0)

Total

916

472

117 (24.8)

20 (4.2)

  1. aAdult ticks only