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Table 1 Tick burden and prevalence of infection of the five small mammalian species

From: The genetic diversity of Borrelia afzelii is not maintained by the diversity of the rodent hosts

 

Larval/nymphal tick burden median (range)

B. burgdorferi (s.l.) prevalence of infection (positive/tested)

Larva

Rodent

A. sylvaticus

24.5/0 (1–226/0–7)

0.13 (98/733)

0.33 (16/48)

M. glareolus

16/0 (1–153/0–15)

0.27 (152/570)

0.34 (15/44)

Mi. agrestis

30/2 (2–386/1–9)

0.42 (5/12)

0.6 (3/5)

S. araneus

2/0 (0–28/0–1)

0 (0/113)

0 (0/15)

S. minutus

2.5/0 (2–3/0–0)

0 (0/3)

0 (0/2)