Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in urban and suburban areas of Switzerland

Parasites & Vectors

Table 5 Pathogen screening results of I. ricinus ticks from 18 urban collection sites

Collection sites				Number of I. ricinus ticks positive for:
City	Name	Description	n	TBEV	B.a.	B.b.(s.s.)	B.g.	B.va.	B.b.(s.l.)	B.m.	R.h.	R.m.	A.p.	B.ve.	N.m.
Basel	Friedhof Hörnli	Cemetery	246	0	15	3	5	1	1	8	37	0	3	5	24
Basel	Margrethenpark	Urban park	83	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	20	0	0	1	0
Bern	Allmend	Urban park	123	0	27	0	7	3	7	2	13	0	4	0	12
Geneva	Bois des frères	Suburban forest	135	0	5	2	10	2	6	4	7	1	3	0	4
Geneva	Parc des Croppettes	Urban park	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lausanne	Parc de l’Hermitage	Urban park	103	0	4	1	2	2	1	2	6	2	1	0	4
Lugano	Parco San Michele	Urban park	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luzern	Allmend	Urban park	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neuchâtel	Jardin du Prince	Urban forest	49	0	2	0	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	5
Neuchâtel	Les Cadolles	Suburban forest	115	0	8	0	2	0	6	4	3	0	1	0	4
Sion	Vissigen	River side	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Gallen	Bildweiher	Urban park	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Winterthur	Heiligberg	Urban park	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Zürich	Friedhof Sihlfeld, sector E	Cemetery	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zürich	Staudenweg	Suburban forest	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Zürich	Waldrand Waid, Chäferberg	Suburban forest	47	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	5
Zürich	Waidberg Wald	Suburban forest	143	0	7	3	0	0	1	1	35	0	1	0	5
Zürich	Witikon	Suburban forest	17	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0

Abbreviations: TBEV, Tick-borne encephalitis virus; B.a., Borrelia afzelii; B.b.(s.s.), Borrelia burgdorferi (s.s.); B.g., Borrelia garinii; B.va., Borrelia valaisiana; B.b.(s.l.), Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.), multiple species; B.m., Borrelia miyamotoi; R.h., Rickettsia helvetica; A.p., Anaplasma phagocytophilum; B.ve., Babesia venatorum (EU1); N.m, "Candidatus N. mikurensis"

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