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Table 3 Reverse Line Blot results on B. burgdorferi (s.l.) geno-species and B. miyamotoi distribution in infected (n = 505) 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

Total no. of infections

No. of infected ticks (%)

Mono-infection

No. of infected ticks (%)

Double-infection

No. of infected ticks (%)

Triple-infection

No. of infected ticks (%)

Baf

85 (16.8)

Baf

70 (13.9)

Baf + Bss/Bcar

7 (1.4)

Baf + Bbi/Bku + Bss/Bca

3 (0.6)

Bga/Bba

54 (10.7)

Bva

47 (9.3)

Bga/Bba + Bva

6 (1.2)

  

Bva

54 (10.7)

Bga/Bba

46 (9.1)

Baf + Bga/Bba

1 (0.2)

  

Bss/Bca

33 (6.5)

Bss/Bca

19 (3.8)

Bga/Bba + Blu

1 (0.2)

  

Bsp

15 (3.0)

Bsp

13 (2.6)

Baf + Bsp

1 (0.2)

  

Bbi/Bku

8 (1.6)

Blu

1 (0.2)

Baf + Bmi

3 (0.6)

  

Blu

2 (0.4)

Bbi/Bku

0 (0.0)

Bsp + Bmi

1 (0.2)

  

Bmi

45 (8.9)

Bmi

39 (7.7)

Bva + Bmi

1 (0.2)

  

No geno-species determined

239 (47.3)

  

Bss/Bca + Bmi

1 (0.2)

  
  1. Abbreviations: Baf, B. afzelii; Bva, B. valaisiana; Bss, B. burgdorferi (s.s.); Bca, B. carolinensis; Bga, B. garinii; Bba, B. bavariensis; Bsp, B. spielmanii; Blu, B. lusitaniae; Bbi, B. bissettiae; Bku, B. kurtenbachii; Bmi, B. miyamotoi