Table 2 Presence of Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes ricinus ticks and Laelapidae mites collected from different species of small rodents on the Curonian Spit, Lithuania
Rodent species | I. r | L. a | H. m | M. g | E. s | Hg. n | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larvae no. positive pools/No. pools (no. ticks in pools); single n/ N; (total pools/total ticks tested); % MLE (95% CI) | Nymphs n/ N | no. positive pools /No. pools (no. mites in pools); single n/N; (total pools /total mites tested); % MLE (95% CI) | n/ N | n/ N | n/ N | n/ N | |||
♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♀ | |||
A. fla | 87/ 115 (502); 12/56; (171/558) | 1/3 | 31/88 (428); 1/20; (108/448) | 0/21 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 0/3 |
M. min | 1/ 2(5); 2/6; (8/11) | 1/2 | 4/8 (19); 2/5; (13/24) | 0/1 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
M. gla | 2/3(8) | 2/2 | 0/5 (19); 0/2; (7/21) | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
M. arv | 1/1(6) | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
M. oec | 1/2(5) | 1/1 | 0/1(2); 0/1; (2/3) | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
M. agr | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Total | 87/123 (526); 14/62; (185/588); 25.7% (21.4–30.5) | 5/8 | 35/102 (468); 3/28; (130/496); 9.0% (6.6–12.1) | 0/25 | 3/13 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/10 | 0/3 |