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Table 2 Tick species collected from humans in the period 2017–2019 and morphologically identified

From: Ticks infesting humans and associated pathogens: a cross-sectional study in a 3-year period (2017–2019) in northwest Italy

Tick genus

Tick species

Number of ticks/species

Ixodes

I. ricinus

1009

I. hexagonus

13

I. frontalis

1

I. acuminatus

1

Ixodes spp.

158

Total number Ixodes ticks

1182

Rhipicephalus

R. sanguineus

2

Rhipicephalus spp.

6

Total number Rhipicephalus ticks

8

Dermacentor

D.marginatus

6

Amblyomma

A.parvum

1

Haemaphysalis

H.punctata

3

Hyalomma

 

1

Not determined

89