Long-term trends of tick-borne pathogens in regard to small mammal and tick populations from Saxony, Germany

Parasites & Vectors

Table 6 The prevalence of TBPs in selected questing ticks, 2015–2017, Saxony, Germany

Tick species	Prevalence (number of positive ticks) [95% CI]
Tick species	Babesia spp.	B. burgdorferi (s.l.)	CNM	Rickettsia spp.
I. ricinus (n = 194)	1.0% (2) [0–3.9]	7.2% (14) [4.3–11.8]	8.3% (16) [5.1–13.1]	10.3% (20) [6.7–15.5]
D. reticulatus (n = 26)	3.8% (1) [0–20.5]	0	0	76.9% (20) [57.6–89.3]
Total (n = 220)	1.4% (3) [0.3–4.1]	6.4% (14) [3.8–10.5]	7.3% (16) [4.5–11.6]	18.2% (40) [13.6–23.8]

Note: All ticks were negative for Hepatozoon spp., Bartonella spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; CNM, “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis”

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