Table 1 The number (#) of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes hexagonus ticks infected with a certain pathogen, for all life stages together or for larvae (L), nymphs (N) or adults (A) separately, and the percentage (%) of infected ticks of the two species on all analyzed ticks from that species per life stage
B. burgdorferi (s.l.) | B. miyamotoi | R. helvetica | A. phagocytophilum | “Ca. N. mikurensis” | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. hexagonus | L | No. | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
% | 6.3 | 4.2 | 20.8 | 4.2 | 0 | ||
N | No. | 166 | 8 | 192 | 279 | 1.0 | |
% | 28.4 | 1.4 | 32.8 | 47.7 | 0.2 | ||
A | No. | 91 | 7 | 267 | 137 | 0 | |
% | 18.3 | 1.4 | 53.6 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
All | No. | 260 | 17 | 469 | 418 | 1 | |
% | 23.0 | 1.5 | 41.5 | 37.0 | 0.09 | ||
I. ricinus | L | No. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
% | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 | 0 | ||
N | No. | 20 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 2 | |
% | 71.4 | 0 | 10.7 | 82.1 | 7.1 | ||
A | No. | 16 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | |
% | 43.2 | 8.1 | 24.3 | 59.5 | 0 | ||
All | No. | 37 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 2 | |
% | 51.4 | 4.2 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 2.8 |