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. 2024 Jul 18;14:1429667. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1429667

Table 2.

Prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes ricinus nymphs in Germany in 2009/2010 compared to 2019.

2009/2010 2019 Prevalence Comparison 2009/2010 and 2019
Federal state Number of ticks analyzed Positive ticks Number of ticks analyzed Positive ticks 2009/2010 (CI) 2019 (CI) P-value OR (CI)
BW 60 0 100 5 0
(0, 5.96)
4.76
(1.56 10.76)
0.16
BY 110 3 101 0 2.73
(0.57, 7,76)
0
(0.00, 3,59)
0.25 0
(0.00, 2.70
NI 106 12 101 9 11.32
(5.99, 18.94)
8.91
(4.16, 16.24)
0.65 0.79
(0.28, 2.14)
MV 101 16 106 15 15.84
(9.33, 24.45)
14.15
(8.14, 22.26)
0.85 0.89
(0.39, 2.04)
NW 107 7 100 5 6.54
(2.67, 13.02)
5.00
(1.64, 11.28)
0.77 0.77
(0.19, 2.90)
SL 116 22 101 13 18.97
(12.28, 27.29)
12.87
(7.04, 21.00)
0.36 0.68
(0.30, 1.49)
TH 103 2 99 3 1.94
(0.24, 6.84)
3.03
(0.63, 8.60)
0.68 1.56
(0.17, 19.01)

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; BW, Baden-Wuerttemberg; BY, Bavaria; NI, Lower Saxony; MV, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; NW, North Rhine-Westphalia; SL, Saarland; TH, Thuringia.