Table 4 Infection prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks
Life stage | Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) | Borrelia miyamotoi | Babesia spp. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nP | IP (95% CI) | nP | IP (95% CI) | nP | IP (95% CI) | nP | IP (95% CI) | |
Nymphs (n = 881) | 36 | 0.04 (0.03–0.05) | 136 | 0.15 (0.13–0.18) | 8 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) | 8 | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) |
Adults (n = 84) | 8 | 0.10 (0.04–0.15) | 16 | 0.19 (0.11–0.26) | 1 | 0.01 (0.00–0.04) | 3 | 0.04 (0.00–0.07) |