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Table 5 Presencea of Rickettsia spp. in ticks attached to individual rodent species captured 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

Habitat

A. flavicollis

A. sylvaticus

My. glareolus

M. arvalis

M. minutus

Total

Suburban

 IRN

3/0/0/21 (14.3)

    

3/0/0/ 21 (14.3)

 IRL

21/1/0/407 (5.4)

0/7

7/0/0/91 (7.7)

  

28/1/0/505 (5.7)

 ITL

  

0/2

  

0/2

 ITN

0/1

 

0/1

  

0/2

 HCL

0/13

 

0/9

  

0/22

 HCA

0/1

    

0/1

 Total

24/1/0/443 (5.6)

0/7

7/0/0/103 (6.8)

  

31/1/0/553 (5.8)

Natural

 IRN

0/5

  

0/1

 

0/6

 IRL

7/1/0/348 (2.3)

0/1

2/1/0/34 (8.8)

4/0/0/15 (26.7)

0/2

13/2/0/400 (3.8)

 IRA

   

0/1

 

0/1

 HCL

0/20

 

0/6

0/8

 

0/34

 HCA

   

0/3

 

0/3

 DRL

0/1

    

0/1

 Total

7/1/0/374 (2.1)

0/1

2/1/0/40 (7.5)

4/0/0/28 (13.8)

0/2

13/2/0/445 (3.4)

Rural

 IRN

0/3

    

0/3

 IRL

4/1/1/88 (6.8)

    

4/1/1/88 (6.8)

 HCL

0/1

    

0/1

 Total

4/1/1/92

(6.5)

    

4/1/1/92

(6.5)

  1. Abbreviations: IRN I. ricinus nymphs, IRL I. ricinus larvae, IRA I. ricinus adults, ITL I. trianguliceps larvae, ITN I. trianguliceps nymphs, HCL H. concinna larvae, HCA H. concinna adults, DRL D. reticulatus larvae
  2. aNo. of R. helvetica-positive ticks/No. of R. monacensis-positive ticks/No. of Rickettsia sp.-positive ticks/No. of tested rodent-attached ticks (percentage of Rickettsia-positive ticks %)