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Table 1 Overview of the number of samples collected and tested for tick-borne encephalitis virus from wild rodents at three locations in The Netherlands

From: Detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ear tissue and dried blood spots from naturally infected wild rodents

Sample type collected

Rodent species

No. of rodents sampled

Location A

Location B

Location C

Ear and DBS

Apodemus sp. (unknown)

0

0

0

Apodemus flavicollis

15

0

0

Apodemus sylvaticus

10

19

13

Myodes glareolus

9

1

7

Total

34

20

20

Ear only

Apodemus sp. (unknown)

0

0

0

Apodemus flavicollis

0

0

0

Apodemus sylvaticus

0

2

1

Myodes glareolus

1

0

1

Total

1

2

2

DBS only

Apodemus sp. (unknown)

1

0

0

Apodemus flavicollis

7

0

0

Apodemus sylvaticus

4

6

9

Myodes glareolus

4

2

5

Total

16

8

14

Total number of samples per location

51

30

36