Fig. 1From: Migratory birds as disseminators of ticks and the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia bacteria and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus: a seasonal study at Ottenby Bird Observatory in South-eastern SwedenMonthly patterns of birds infested with ticks during the study period. In brackets: number of bird captures infested by ticks/total number of bird captures checked for ticks during the collection period (Spring: 15 March–15 June; Autumn: 15 July–15 November 2009, shaded in gray). One bird capture was excluded from the analysis because of missing collection dataBack to article page