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Table 1 Seasonal distribution of Borrelia spp. infected Hanoverian ticks (positives/total ticks) in 2015

From: Shifts in Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) geno-species infections in Ixodes ricinus over a 10-year surveillance period in the city of Hanover (Germany) and Borrelia miyamotoi-specific Reverse Line Blot detection

Seasonal distribution

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Total

Adults

27/95

33/97

42/95

25/80

29/75

28/72

19/59

203/573

(%)

(28.4)

(34.0)

(44.2)

(31.3)

(38.7)

(38.9)

(32.2)

(35.4)a

Adult males

13/53

12/48

21/51

10/42

18/37

11/28

7/27

92/285

(%)

(24.5)

(25.0)

(41.2)

(23.8)

(48.6)

(39.3)

(25.9)

(32.3)a

Adult females

14/43

21/49

21/44

15/38

11/38

17/44

12/32

111/288

(%)

(32.6)

(42.9)

(47.7)

(39.5)

(28.9)

(38.6)

(37.5)

(38.5)a

Nymphs

49/205

39/203

52/205

40/220

32/225

48/228

41/241

302/1527

(%)

(23.9)

(19.2)

(25.4)

(18.2)

(14.2)

(21.1)

(17.0)

(19.7)a

Total

76/300

72/300

94/300

65/300

61/300

76/300

61/300

505/2100

(%)

(25.3)

(24.0)

(31.3)

(21.7)

(20.3)

(25.3)

(20.3)

(24.1)

  1. aSignificantly higher infection rates in adults (females and males) vs nymphs (P < 0.05)