Table 6 Pathogen prevalence in I. ricinus ticks collected at 9 urban or suburban collection sites
Collection sites | Prevalence (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City | Name | Description | n b | TBEV | B.b.(s.l.)a | B.m. | R.spp.a | A.p. | B.v. | N.m.a |
Basel | Friedhof Hörnli | Cemetery | 245 (246) | 0 | 17.1 | 3.3 | 15.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
Basel | Margrethenpark | Urban park | 83 | 0 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 24.1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 |
Bern | Allmend | Urban park | 123 | 0 | 35.8 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 3.3 | 0 | 9.8 |
Geneva | Bois des frères | Suburban forest | 134 (135) | 0 | 18.5 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0 | 3.0 |
Lausanne | Parc de l’Hermitage | Urban park | 102 (103) | 0 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 0 | 3.9 |
Neuchâtel | Jardin du Prince | Urban forest | 48 (49) | 0 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 |
Neuchâtel | Les Cadolles | Suburban forest | 115 | 0 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0 | 3.5 |
Zürich | Waldrand Waid, Chäferberg | Suburban forest | 46 (47) | 0 | 14.9 | 0 | 23.4 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 |
Zürich | Waidberg Wald | Suburban forest | 83 (143) | 0 | 14.5 | 0.7 | 24.5 | 1.2 | 0 | 6.0 |