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Table 2 Tick burden of the different stages of I. ricinus and I. hexagonus. Tick burden is expressed as the mean number of ticks per host individual. Superscript letters indicate significant differences between species (P < 0.05), where estimates increase from a-c, as described in Methods

From: Role of mustelids in the life-cycle of ixodid ticks and transmission cycles of four tick-borne pathogens

Species

Meles meles

Mustela putorius

Martes martes

Martes foina

Tick species/stage

Total

Mean

Total

Mean

Total

Mean

Total

Mean

I. ricinus larvae

1

0.01a

1

0.00ab

366

6.91b

4

0.05a

I. ricinus nymphs

2

0.02ab

6

0.02ab

67

1.26b

3

0.04a

I. ricinus males

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

0.17

11

0.14

I. ricinus females

16

0.13ab

19

0.05a

87

1.64ab

50

0.66b

I. hexagonus larvae

4

0.03a

761

1.98c

507

9.57bc

75

0.99ab

I. hexagonus nymphs

105

0.85a

607

1.58b

90

1.70a

69

0.91a

I. hexagonus males

0

0.00

18

0.05

1

0.02

1

0.01

I. hexagonus females

43

0.35b

315

0.82c

11

0.21a

14

0.18a