Table 1 Percentage of pools positive to Ehrlichia spp. and maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) from wild rabbits and hares when considering the tick development stage
Stage of development | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nymph | Adult (female) | Adult (male) | |||||
% | MLE | % | MLE (95% CI) | % | MLE | % | |
Wild rabbits | |||||||
Rhipicephalus pusillus | 0/65 (0%) | – | 3/54 (5.6%) | 1.25 (0.31–3.20) | 0/50 (0%) | – | 3/169 (1.78%) |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. | – | – | – | – | 0/2 (0%) | – | 0/2 (0%) |
Haemaphysalis hispanica | 0/13 (0%) | – | – | – | – | – | 0/13 (0%) |
Hyalomma lusitanicum | 0/23 (0%) | – | – | – | – | – | 0/23 (0%) |
Ixodes ventalloi | – | – | 0/4 (0%) | – | 0/2 (0%) | – | 0/6 (0%) |
Hares | |||||||
R. pusillus | 0/3 (0%) | – | 0/11 (0%) | – | 0/10 (0%) | – | 0/24 (0%) |
R. sanguineus s.l. | – | – | – | – | 0/11 (0%) | – | 0/11 (0%) |
H. lusitanicum | 0/4 (0%) | – | 0/2 (0%) | – | – | – | 0/6 (0%) |