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Table 2 Local 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

Local distribution

Mecklenheide

Große Heide

Misburger Wald

Annateiche

Seelhorster Wald

Ricklinger Teiche

Bornumer Holz

Georgengarten

Eilenriede

Maschpark

Adults

27/72

39/84

6/20

7/40

36/93

13/40

27/74

14/36

17/91

7/23

(%)

(37.5)

(46.2)

(30.0)

(17.5)

(38.7)

(32.5)

(36.5)

(38.9)

(18.7)

(30.4)

Adult males

13/35

14/37

1/11

2/21

24/45

5/23

14/39

6/19

11/46

2/9

(%)

(37.1)

(37.8)

(9.1)

(9.5)

(53.3)

(21.7)

(35.9)

(31.6)

(23.9)

(22.2)

Adult females

14/37

25/47

5/9

5/19

12/48

8/17

13/35

8/17

16/45

5/14

(%)

(37.8)

(53.2)

(55.6)

(26.3)

(25.0)

(47.1)

(37.1)

(47.1)

(35.6)

(35.7)

Nymphs

34/138

24/126

43/190

24/170

20/117

19/170

25/136

52/174

14/119

47/187

(%)

(24.6)

(19.0)

(22.6)

(14.1)

(17.1)

(11.2)

(18.4)

(29.9)

(11.8)

(25.1)

Total

61/210

63/210

49/210

31/210

56/210

32/210

52/210

66/210

41/210

54/210

(%)

(29.0)b

(30.0)b

(23.3)

(14.8)b

(26.7)

(15.2)b

(24.8)

(31.4)b

(19.5)

(25.7)

  1. bSignificantly higher infection rates in “Mecklenheide”, “Große Heide” and “Georgengarten” vs “Annateiche” and “Ricklinger Teiche”(P < 0.05)