Table 2.

Significant regression models for part 1 of the analyses: characterize the distribution of macro- and micro-parasites across individual hosts. Levels of significance are indicated with * (*** p-value <0.001; ** p-value <0.01; * p-value <0.05).

Response	Explanatory	Estimate	Std. Error	z-value	p-value
Rodent tick burden (negative binomial model) with site as random effect
	Genus-Peromyscus	−1.45	0.206	−7.03	<0.001**
	Sex-Male	0.474	0.193	2.45	0.0143 *
	Age-Juvenile	−0.786	0.330	−2.38	0.0173 *
Rodent helminth burden (negative binomial model) with site as random effect
	Genus-Peromyscus	−3.06	0.575	−5.32	<0.001***
	Sex-Male	−0.675	0.524	−1.29	0.198
	Age-Juvenile	−2.51	0.963	−2.60	0.00922 **
Rodent B. burgdorferi sensu lato infection (binomial model)
	Genus-Peromyscus	−2.12	0.601	−3.53	<0.001***
	Sex-Male	−0.145	0.551	−0.264	0.792
	Age-Juvenile	−0.829	1.07	−0.768	0.443