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Table 1 Transmission modes and amplification hosts of tick-borne microorganisms

From: Effect of rodent density on tick and tick-borne pathogen populations: consequences for infectious disease risk

Microorganism

Transmission mode

Proposed amplification host

Babesia microti

Horizontal [91]

Rodents [93]

Borrelia afzelii

Horizontal [62]

Rodents [55]

Borrelia garinii

Horizontal [62]

Birds [94]

Borrelia miyamotoi

Horizontal/vertical [74]

Rodents [74]

Neoehrlichia mikurensis

Horizontal [51]

Rodents [51]

Rickettsia helvetica

Horizontal/vertical [44]

Birds [36]

Spiroplasma ixodetis

Vertical/horizontal [92; this study]

Rodents [this study]