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Table 5 Hepatozoon in ticks collected from negative foxes

From: Diversity of Hepatozoon species in wild mammals and ticks in Europe

Animal

Tick species

Number of ticks

Tick stage

Hepatozoon positives (GenBank® acc. no.)

Larva

Nymph

Adult -female

Fox 1

Ixodes canisuga

6

  

6

3 (H. canis MH656729)

Ixodes hexagonus

5

 

2

3

0

Fox 2

Ixodes canisuga

13

0

12

1

9 nymph (H. canis MH656729)

Ixodes hexagonus

5

1

2

2

1 female (H. canis MH656729)

1 larva (H. canis MH656729)

Fox 3

Ixodes canisuga

5

 

2

3

1 female (H. canis MH656729)

1 nymph (H. canis MH656729)

Ixodes hexagonus

4

 

1

3

0