Table 2 Tick-borne bacteria in Romanian ticks; details regarding host species, tick species, life stage of ticks and area for each pathogen

Bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii

(n = 1)

dog

Dermacentor reticulatus

female

Zalau

Rickettsia helvetica

(n = 24)

dog, fox, sheep, cat

Dermacentor reticulatus, Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus^a, Ixodes crenulatus

female, male, nymph

Satu Mare, Brasov, Zalau, Calarasi, Corbeanca, Timisoara, Suceava, Jirov

Rickettsia raoultii

(n = 21)

dog, sheep, goat

Dermacentor reticulatus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Dermacentor marginatus

female, male, nymph

Snagov, Calarasi, Sfantul Gheorghe, Targoviste, Livezile, Snagov, Jirov, Slatioara

Rickettsia massiliae

(n = 10)

dog, fox

Dermacentor reticulatus

female, male

Satu Mare, Popesti Leordeni, Alba Iulia, Suceava

Rickettsia monacensis

(n = 18)

dog, fox, cat

Dermacentor reticulatus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes ricinus

female, male, nymph

Satu Mare, Calarasi, Corbeanca, Timisoara, Targoviste, Picior de Munte, Jirov, Comanda

Rickettsia slovaca

(n = 10)

dog, fox, sheep, goat, field

Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor marginatus

female, male, nymph

Calarasi, Corbeanca, Sfantul Gheorghe, Timisoara, Jirov, Slatioara, Starmina

Rickettsia aeschlimannii

(n = 3)

cattle

Hyalomma marginatum

female, male

Livezile

“Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis”

(n = 1)

dog

Ixodes ricinus

female

Zalau

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

(n = 4)

fox, dog, sheep

Ixodes ricinus

female, male, nymph

Corbeanca, Timisoara, Suceava

Anaplasma marginale/ovis

(n = 16)

cattle, sheep, dog, goat

Rhipicephalus bursa, Dermacentor marginatus, Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus

female, male

Livezile, Ciochiuta, Jirov, Slatioara

Ehrlichia chaffeensis/muris

(n = 1)

fox

Ixodes ricinus

female

Corbeanca

Ehrlichia sp. HF

(n = 4)

dog

Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

female, male

Timisoara, Jirov

Francisella spp.

(n = 3)

dog

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

female

Braila