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Table 1 Total number of fleas collected and pooled for PCR analysis

From: Hopping species and borders: detection of Bartonella spp. in avian nest fleas and arctic foxes from Nunavut, Canada

Sample

No. of sites/hosts

No. of fleas collected

No. of fleas analyzed (PCR)

No. of pooled samples

No. of fleas per pool

Nests

37

827

175

37

1–5

Dens

5

86

26

5

1–10

Geese

102

97

96

20a

1–5

Foxes

57

0

na

na

na

  1. a20 of the 102 geese had fleas
  2. Abbreviation: na, no fleas collected