From: Prevalence of pathogens in ticks collected from humans through citizen science in Belgium
Tick stage | No. of ticks (%) | B. burgdorferi (s.l.) | A. phagocytophilum | Babesia spp. | B. miyamotoi | N. mikurensis | R. helvetica | TBEV |
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Nymph | ||||||||
 # | 1225 (80.9) | 151 | 20 | 17 | 32 | 37 | 84 | 0 |
 % (95% CI) | 12.3 (10.6–14.3) | 1.6 (1.1–2.5) | 1.4 (0.9–2.2) | 2.6 (1.9–3.7) | 3.0 (2.2–4.1) | 6.8 (5.6–8.4) | 0 (0–0.2) | |
Female | ||||||||
 # | 248 (16.4) | 51 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
 % (95% CI) | 20.6 (15.0–26.1) | 3.2 (1.6–6.3) | 1.6 (0.6–4.2) | 1.2 (0.4–3.7) | 1.6 (0.6–4.2) | 7.3 (4.6–11.2) | 0 (0–1.2) | |
Male | ||||||||
 # | 42 (2.7) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 % (95% CI) | 19.1 (10.6–33.9) | 0 (0–6.9) | 2.4 (0.3–15.4) | 2.4 (0.3–15.4) | 4.8 (1.2–17.4) | 2.4 (0.3–15.4) | 0 (0–6.9) | |
Total | ||||||||
 # | 1515 (100) | 2101 | 28 | 22 | 36 | 43 | 103 | 0 |
 % (95% CI) | 3.9 (12.2–15.7) | 1.8 (1.3–2.7) | 1.5 (1.0–2.2) | 2.4 (1.7–3.3) | 2.8 (2.1–3.8) | 6.8 (5.8–8.3) | 0 (0–0.2) |