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Table 4 Selective vector distributions between clusters of A. phagocytophilum haplotypes (columns). 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

From: Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks

Arthropod species

Sampling on

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

Total (n)

Dermacentor reticulatus

Vegetation

    

1

  

1

Haemaphysalis douglasi

Vegetation

       

1

Haemaphysalis flava

Hydropotes inermis

  

2

    

2

Ixodes acuminatus

Vegetation

3

      

3

Ixodes frontalis

Aves

     

2

 

2

Ixodes hexagonus

Vegetation

1

      

1

Erinaceus europaeus

22*

      

22

Martes martes

2

      

2

Mustela putorius

3

1

     

4

Ixodes nipponensis

Vegetation

  

1

    

1

I. nipponensis

H. inermis

  

2

    

2

Ixodes pacificus

Vegetation

2

      

2

Ixodes pavlovskyi

Vegetation

  

1

 

2

  

3

Ixodes persulcatus

Vegetation

  

16*

 

10

  

26

H. inermis

  

1

    

1

Rodentia

    

3

  

3

Ixodes ricinus

Vegetation

601*

139

   

1

 

741

Aves

     

6*

 

6

Capreolus capreolus

1

13*

     

14

Cervus elaphus

5*

      

5

Deer (unknown species)

1

3

     

4

Erinaceus europaeus

7*

      

7

Homo sapiens

 

3

     

3

Mustela erminea

1

1

     

2

Martes martes

7*

1

     

8

Ovis aries

 

1

     

1

Rodentia

1

2

     

3

Ixodes trianguliceps

Vegetation

   

4*

   

4

Rodentia

   

6*

   

6

Ixodes ventalloi

Vegetation

1

     

5*

6

Lipoptena cervi

Cervus elaphus

3

3

     

6

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.)

Canis familiaris

1

      

1

No. per cluster

 

662

167

23

10

16

9

5

893

  1. Note: A low P-value (P < 0.05) indicates a significant association between a cluster and the species of (engorging) arthropod (marked with an asterisk)