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Table 5 Number of ticks which were PCR-positive for one or more pathogens according to pathogen species positivity and location in northwest Italy and of out-of-region

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

Region

Province

PCR

Rickettsia species

Borrelia species

R. helvetica

R. monacensis

R. slovaca

R. aeshlimannii

Rickettsia spp.

A. phagocytophilum

B. afzelii

B. burgdorferi

B. valaisiana

B. garinii

B. lusitaniae

Borrelia spp.

Piedmont

Biella

13

2

2

          

Cuneo

19

2

2

1

 

1

1

      

Novara

14

1

1

          

Turin

52

1

4

  

1

1

6

     

Vercelli

53

4

5

  

1

1

   

1

  

Verbano-cusio-ossola

319

19

20

3

 

2

3

5

1

2

2

4

9

 

Alessandria

1

            
 

Asti

1

            

Liguria

Savona

8

 

1

          

La spezia

1

           

1

Not determined

 

6

2

          

1

Out-of-region

 

13

   

1