Role of invasive carnivores (Procyon lotor and Nyctereutes procyonoides) in epidemiology of vector-borne pathogens: molecular survey from the Czech Republic

Table 1 Detected vector-borne pathogens and their prevalence

Host species	Total no. of animals	No. of animals positive for any pathogen	Number of positive animals/prevalence (%)
Host species	Total no. of animals	No. of animals positive for any pathogen	Anaplasma phagocytophilum	Bartonella spp.	Babesia canis	Babesia vulpes	Babesia sp.	Hepatozoon canis	Hepatozoon silvestris	Hepatozoon sp.
Canis aureus	3	2	1/33.3	1/33.3
Canis lupus	10	10	1/10		1/10			10/100
Lynx lynx	17	6	3/17.6	1/5.8					2/11.8
Procyon lotor	35	12	4/11.4	6/17.4	2/5.7			1/2.9		3/8.6
Martes foina	2	1								1/50
Lutra lutra	3	1		1/33.3
Mustela erminea	1	1	1/100
Nyctereutes procyonoides	16	4				3/18.5	1/6.2
Total	84	37	10	9	3	3	1	11	2	4

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