Table 3 Number of positive ticks and prevalence rates by pathogen, tick species and collection site
Location | Tick species | Stage | Total tested (n) | Babesia/Theileria spp. | Rickettsia spp. | Borrelia spp. | A. phagocytophilum | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (n) | % | 95% CI | Positive (n) | % | 95% CI | Positive (n) | % | 95% CI | Positive (n) | % | 95% CI | ||||
HD | I. ricinus | A | 262 | 69 | 26.3 | 21.4–32.0 | 28 | 10.7 | 7.5–15.0 | 152 | 58.0 | 52.0–63.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.02–2.1 |
Na | 24 | 2 | 8.3 | 1.5–25.8 | 2 | 8.3 | 1.5–25.8 | 6 | 25.0 | 12.0–44.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
D. reticulatus | A | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 86.3 | 76.6–92.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.1–7.4 | |
TG | I. ricinus | A | 159 | 10 | 6.3 | 3.5–11.2 | 34 | 21.4 | 15.7–28.4 | 55 | 34.6 | 27.6–42.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.4–7.1 |
Na | 204 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4–4.2 | 16 | 7.8 | 4.9–12.4 | 20 | 9.8 | 6.4–14.7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4–4.2 | ||
D. reticulatus | A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 43.9–100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
H. concinna | A | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 4.4–59.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Na | 61 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.6–19.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
La | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
UM | I. ricinus | A | 55 | 8 | 14.5 | 7.6–26.2 | 5 | 9.1 | 3.9–19.6 | 28 | 50.9 | 38.1–63.6 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.1–9.6 |
Na | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | 5.9–70.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.9–56.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
H. concinna | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Na | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
HN | I. ricinus | A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Na | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 5.1–100 | 1 | 100 | 5.1–100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
H. concinna | A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PZ | D. reticulatus | A | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 77.6 | 67.7–85.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Na | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 5.1–100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | I. ricinus | A | 479 | 87 | 18.2 | 15.0–21.9 | 67 | 14.0 | 11.2–17.4 | 235 | 49.1 | 44.6–53.5 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7–3.0 |
Na | 235 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.9–4.9 | 21 | 8.9 | 5.9–13.3 | 28 | 11.9 | 8.4–16.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3–3.7 | ||
D. reticulatus | A | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 82.0 | 75.3–87.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.03–3.4 | |
Na | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 5.1–100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
H. concinna | A | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 2.4–37.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Na | 62 | 6 | 9.7 | 4.5–19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
La | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||