Table 1 Pathogen infection rates (%) in females (F) and males (M) either in salivary glands alone (SG), in midgut alone (MG), or in both organs (SG/MG)
From: Tick-borne pathogen detection in midgut and salivary glands of adult Ixodes ricinus
Species | Females | Males | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SG | MG | SG/MG | SG | MG | SG/MG | |
A. phagocytophilum | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
R. helvetica | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 13 |
R. felis | 7 | nd | nd | 7 | nd | nd |
B. lusitaniae | nd | nd | 7 | nd | nd | nd |
B. spielmanii | nd | 3 | 3 | nd | nd | nd |
B. afzelii | nd | 7 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
B. garinii | nd | nd | 3 | nd | nd | nd |
B. miyamotoi | nd | nd | nd | 10 | nd | 3 |
B. venatorum | nd | nd | nd | 13 | nd | 7 |