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Table 3 Prevalence (%) of pathogen species identified by sequencing 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

No. (%) of ticks infected with certain pathogen species

Bg

Ba

Bv

Bss

Rh

CRt

Rm

Ap

Bad

Bav

I. ricinus

103/231 (44.6)

94/231 (40.7)

21/231 (9.1)

13/231 (5.6)

199/201 (99.0)

1/201 (0.5)

1/201 (0.5)

12/12 (100)

2/9 (22.2)

7/9 (77.8)

I. persulcatus

102/163 (62.6)

57/163 (35.0)

4/163 (2.5)

0

32/53 (60.4)

19/53 (35.8)

2/53 (3.8)

0

0

0

Total

205/394 (52.0)

151/394 (38.3)

25/394 (6.4)

13/394 (3.3)

231/254 (90.9)

20/254 (7.9)

3/254 (1.2)

12/12 (100)

2/9 (22.2)

7/9 (77.8)

  1. Abbreviations: Bg, Borrelia garinii; Ba, B. afzelii; Bv, B. valaisiana; Bss, B. burgdorferi (sensu stricto); Rh, Rickettsia helvetica; CRt, “Ca. R. tarasevichiae”; Rm, R. monacensis; Ap, Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Bad, Babesia divergens; Bav, B. venatorum