Table 2 Prevalence of Babesia species in Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from birds captured at the Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden 2009
From: Three Babesia species in Ixodes ricinus ticks from migratory birds in Sweden
Tick developmental stage | No. of ticks examineda | No. (%) of Babesia-positive ticks | No. of ticks containing Babesia species determined by nucleotide sequencing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Babesia venatorum | Babesia microti | Babesia capreoli | |||
Larva | 514 | 10 (2.0) | 9 | 1 | |
Nymph | 532 | 16 (3.0) | 6 | 10 | |
Unknownb | 5 | 0 (0.0) | |||
Total | 1051 | 26 (2.5) | 15 | 10 | 1 |