Questing abundance of adult taiga ticks Ixodes persulcatus and their Borrelia prevalence at the north-western part of their distribution

Table 1 Generalised linear mixed model examining the probability of Borrelia spp. infection in I. persulcatus individuals

Variable	Coefficient	SE	Z-value	P-value
Intercept	0.114	1.103	0.104	0.917
Stage (adult)	0.742	0.395	1.878	0.060
Month	− 0.087	0.166	0.522	0.601
Random
Site	Variance: 0.160	n = 8
No. of observations	203

Notes: Results from a generalised linear mixed model (binomial errors, logit link) examining the effects of developmental stage and linear change with month and including site as a random factor (see Fig. 1) on probability of Borrelia infection in I. persulcatus individuals

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