“Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected near the Arctic Circle in Norway

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 The geographical distribution of ticks negative and positive for “Ca. N. mikurensis” collected by flagging in Brønnøy and from dogs and cats in Brønnøy and seven additional districts in northern Norway

	No. of negative samples	No. of positive samples	Positive samples (%)	Total number
Bodø	51	1	1.9	52
Brønnøy	234	27	10.3	261
Fauske	30	2	6.2	32
Harstad	6	0	0	6
Mosjøen	54	1	1.8	55
Mo i Rana	98	0	0	98
Sandnessjøen	62	3	4.6	65
VL^a	3	0	0	3
Ørnes	37	0	0	37
Total number (dogs and cats)	575	34	5.6	609
Brønnøy (flagging)	405	90	18.2	495

^aVL, Vesterålen Lofoten. The area is not marked in Fig. 1 but is located northwest of the map

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