Table 2 Individual prevalence and minimum infection rate (MIR) of Borrelia genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) and Borrelia miyamotoi considering the life stage of questing I. ricinus collected in NW Spain
From: Molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in questing Ixodes ricinus from northwestern Spain
Nymphs | Adult males | Adult females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | MIR | Individual | MIR | Individual | MIR | |
Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) | ||||||
B. afzelii | 5/192 (2.6%) | 2/730 (0.3%) | 1/96 (1.0%) | 1/143 (0.7%) | 1/96 (1.0%) | 0/175 (0) |
B. burgdorferi (s.s.) | 0/192 (0%) | 1/730 (0.1%) | 0/96 (0%) | 0/143 (0) | 0/96 (0%) | 0/175 (0) |
B. garinii | 9/192 (4.7%) | 25/730 (3.4%) | 6/96 (6.3%) | 8/143 (5.6%) | 15/96 (15.6%) | 13/175 (7.4%) |
B. lusitaniae | 1/192 (0.5%) | 2/730 (0.3%) | 3/96 (3.1%) | 0/143 (0) | 4/96 (4.2%) | 5/175 (2.9%) |
B. valaisiana | 7/192 (3.6%) | 15/730 (2.1%) | 3/96 (3.1%) | 3/143 (2.1%) | 7/96 (7.3%) | 10/175 (5.7%) |
Relapsing fever Borrelia | ||||||
B. miyamotoi | 2/192 (1.0%) | 0/730 (0) | 1/96 (1.0%) | 1/143 (0.7%) | 1/96 (1.0%) | 0/175 (0) |
Not identified Borrelia | ||||||
Borrelia spp. | 4/192 (2.1%) | 0/730 (0) | 2/96 (2.1%) | 0/143 (0) | 4/96 (4.2%) | 0/175 (0) |