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Table 2 Prevalence (%) of studied pathogens in I. ricinus and I. persulcatus samples

From: Tick-borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas

Species

Collection area

No. of ticks analysed

No. of ticks infected (%)

B. burgdorferi (s.l.)

n (%)

Rickettsia spp.

n (%)

Ca. N. mikurensis”

n (%)

Anaplasma spp.

n (%)

Babesia spp.

n (%)

I. ricinus

1

994

325 (32.6)

202 (20.3)

126 (12.6)

11 (1.1)

12 (1.2)

7 (0.7)

2

998

277 (27.8)

124 (12.4)

152 (15.2)

6 (0.6)

7 (0.7)

4 (0.4)

3

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

a

17

2

1

1

0

0

0

Subtotal

 

2014

604 (30.0)

327 (16.2)

279 (13.9)

17 (0.8)

19 (1.0)

11 (0.5)

I. persulcatus

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1160

271 (23.4)

200 (17.2)

78 (6.7)

0

2 (0.2)

0

3

261

69 (26.4)

55 (21.1)

16 (6.1)

0

0

0

a

30

8

8

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

 

1451

348 (24.0)

263 (18.1)

94 (6.5)

0

2 (0.1)

0

Total

 

3465

952 (27.4)

590 (17.0)

373 (10.8)

17 (0.5)

21 (0.6)

11 (0.3)

  1. Abbreviations: 1, I. ricinus-dominated area in south Finland; 2, sympatric area of both species in middle Finland; 3, I. persulcatus-dominated area in north Finland (Fig. 1a)
  2. aTick samples that were not categorized into collection areas due to inaccurate collection information provided by citizens