Table 3 Selective vector distributions between the clusters of A. phagocytophilum haplotypes (columns). Only vertebrate hosts with more than one isolate are shown. The Monte Carlo method was used to estimate the probability (P-value) that the number of most numerous clusters in a random realization from the multinomial is equal to or greater than the observed maximum among the isolates

Alces alces

23*

12

35

Bos taurus

29*

29

Capra aegagrus

4

1

3

8

Capreolus capreolus

10

95*

105

Cervus elaphus

105*

105

Capra ibex

2

2

Cervus nippon

5*

5

Dama dama

14*

1

15

Ovis aries

83*

83

Ovis musimon

16*

16

Rupicapra rupicapra

7*

7

Sus scrofa

5*

5

Turdus merula

2

1

3

Canis familiaris

32*

2

34

Felis catus

2

2

4

Neotoma sp.

7*

7

Nictereutes procyonoides

3

3

Ursus arctos

2

2

Vulpes vulpes

7*

7

Mustela putorius

2

2

Erinaceus europaeus

8*

8

Erinaceus roumanicus

59*

59

Equus caballus

44*

44

Homo sapiens

7*

1

8

Myodes glareolus

1

24*

25

Rodentia

1

15*

16

Apodemus agrarius

5*

5

Myodes rufocanus

2

2

4

Myodes rutilus

3

1

4

Apodemus sylvaticus

2

2

Microtus agrestis

3

3

Tamias sibiricus

2

2

Sorex araneus

30*

30

Sorex isodon

33*

33

No. per cluster

479

1

111

8

112

3

1

0

720