Table 2 Pathogens detected using molecular techniques in ticks collected from dogs in Russia in 2016
Genus | Species | Number (%) PCR positive ticks [95% CI] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. ricinus (n = 130) | I. persulcatus (n = 238) | Н. Parva (n = 25) | D. marginatus (n = 3) | D. reticulatus (n = 404) | Rh. sanguineus (n = 112) | ||
Anaplasma | A. centrale | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) [0.1–2.0] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. phagocytophilum | 4 (3.1) [0.9–7.7] | 7 (3.0) [1–6] | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.3) [0.1–2.0] | 0 | |
A. marginale | 2 (1.5) [0.2–5.5] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ehrlichia | E. muris | 0 | 9 (3.8) [2–7] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. canis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) [0–5] | |
E. ruminantum | 1 (0.8) [0–4.2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Borrelia | B. miyamotoi | 4 (3.1) [0.9–7.7] | 2 (0.9) [0.1–3.0] | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.5) [0.1–2.0] | 0 |
B. afzelii | 9 (6.9) [3.2–12.7] | 14 (5.9) [3–10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
B. garinii | 6 (4.6) [1.7–9.8] | 35 (14.2) [11–20] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Babesia | B. canis | 5 (3.85) [1.3–8.8] | 4 (1.69) [1–4] | 0 | 2 (66.7) [9–99] | 82 (20.3) [17–25] | 0 |
B. microti | 0 | 2 (0.9) [0–3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
B. venatorum | 0 | 1 (0.4) [0–2.4] | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.25) [0.6–2.0] | 0 | |
B. divergens | 0 | 1 (0.4) [0–2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
B. crassa | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) [0.1–20] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
B. vogeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) [0–4.8] | |
Theileria | T. cervi | 0 | 1 (0.4) [0–2.4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 31 (23.9) [17–32] | 76 (32.2) [26–39] | 2 (8) [0.1–2.7] | 2 (66.7) [0.9–9.9] | 86 (21.3) [17–25] | 2 (1.8) [0.2–6.0] | |