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Table 2 Proportiona of different Rickettsia spp. in questing Ixodes ricinus in three habitat types in Slovakia

From: Molecular evidence of Rickettsia spp. in ixodid ticks and rodents in suburban, natural and rural habitats in Slovakia

 

R. helvetica

R. monacensis

Rickettsia spp.

Habitat

Males

Females

Nymphs

Total

Males

Females

Nymphs

Total

Males

Females

Nymphs

Total

Suburban

16/23 (69.6)

28/33

(84.9)

44/64

(68.8)

88/120

(73.3)

3/23

(13.0)

1/33

(3.0)

2/64

(3.1)

6/120

(5.0)

4/23

(17.4)

4/33

(12.1)

18/64

(28.1)

26/120

(21.7)

Natural

17/20

(85.0)

19/23

(82.6)

80/90

(88.9)

116/133

(87.2)

2/20

(10.0)

1/23

(4.4)

8/90

(8.9)

11/133

(8.5)

1/20 (5.0)

3/23

(13.0)

2/90

(2.2)

6/133

(4.5)

Rural

  

7/9

(77.8)

7/9

(77.8)

  

0/9

0/9

1/1

(100)

 

1/8

(12.5)

2/9

(22.2)

Total

33/43

(76.7)

47/56

(83.9)

131/163

(80.4)

211/262

(80.5)

5/43

(11.6)

2/56

(3.6)

10/163

(6.1)

17/262

(6.5)

6/43

(14.0)

7/56

(12.5)

21/163

(12.9)

34/262

(13.0)

  1. aNo. of Rickettsia-positive/no. of tested ticks (percentage of Rickettsia-positive ticks %)