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Table 1 Bat species captured in eastern Europe, their level of infestation with ticks and the number of ticks collected

From: Bats and ticks: host selection and seasonality of bat-specialist ticks in eastern Europe

Species

n

Prevalence (%)

(95% CI)

Intensity

(95% CI)

I. sim

I. ves

I. ari

A. ves

Total

Miniopterus schreibersii

1396

37.25 (± 2.55)

2.31 (± 0.16)

1188

12

  

1200

Myotis alcathoe

17

5.88 (± 22.82)

1 (–)

  

1

 

1

Myotis aurascens

11

       

Myotis bechsteinii

48

6.25 (± 10.95)

3.33 (± 6.25)

 

9

1

 

10

Myotis blythii

335

7.76 (± 3.44)

2.77 (± 2.1)

 

72

  

72

Myotis brandtii

8

25.00 (± 40.1)

2 (–)

  

2

2

4

Myotis capaccinii

194

2.58 (± 3.32)

3.6 (± 6.55)

 

18

  

18

Myotis dasycneme

3

33.33 (± 57.27)

3 (–)

   

3

3

Myotis daubentonii

302

11.92 (± 4.18)

1.67 (± 0.48)

 

60

  

60

Myotis emarginatus

80

3.75 (± 6.85)

1.33 (± 1.44)

 

1

3

 

4

Myotis myotis

149

8.05 (± 5.55)

1.75 (± 0.67)

 

19

2

 

21

Myotis mystacinus

6

       

Myotis nattereri

38

10.53 (± 14.27)

2 (± 2.25)

 

2

1

5

8

Nyctalus lasiopterus

1

       

Nyctalus leisleri

1

       

Nyctalus noctula

174

3.45 (± 3.95)

6.83 (± 6.72)

   

41

41

Pipistrellus kuhlii

3

       

Pipistrellus nathusii

19

42.11 (± 24.39)

25.5 (± 26.57)

   

204

204

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

17

5.88 (± 22.82)

9 (–)

   

9

9

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

4

       

Eptesicus serotinus

29

20.69 (± 19.01)

1.83 (± 1.68)

 

3

 

8

11

Vespertilio murinus

27

3.70 (± 15.3)

1 (–)

   

1

1

Plecotus auritus

13

7.69 (± 28.31)

2 (–)

   

2

2

Plecotus austriacus

44

4.55 (± 10.95)

2.5 (± 6.08)

 

1

 

4

5

Barbastella barbastellus

81

       

Rhinolophus blasii

14

7.14 (± 26.76)

1 (–)

 

1

  

1

Rhinolophus euryale

189

9.52 (± 5.08)

1.28 (± 0.28)

1

22

  

23

Rhinolophus mehelyi

127

9.45 (± 6.45)

1.58 (± 0.58)

1

18

  

19

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

307

10.10 (± 3.9)

1.61 (± 0.44)

 

50

  

50

Rhinolophus hipposideros

135

11.85 (± 6.65)

1.94 (± 1.22)

 

31

  

31

Total

3772

  

1190

319

10

279

1798

  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; n, number of hosts, I. sim, I. simplex, I. ves, I. vespertilionis, I. ari, I. ariadnae; A. ves, A. vespertilionis