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Table 3 Tick-borne pathogens detected in Ixodes ricinus from cats

From: “Tekenscanner”: a novel smartphone application for companion animal owners and veterinarians to engage in tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance in the Netherlands

 

No. of positive I. ricinus (%)

Larva

(n = 16)

Nymph

(n = 14)

Male

(n = 17)

Female

(n = 214)

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

5 (1.9)

Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis”

1 (0.4)

2 (0.8)

1 (0.4)

4 (1.5)

Babesia venatorum

1 (0.4)

Borrelia spielmanii

1 (0.4)

Borrelia garinii

2 (0.8)

Borrelia valaisiana

1 (0.4)

Borrelia miyamotoi

1 (0.4)

Rickettsia helvetica

1 (0.8)

18 (6.9)