Table 3.
Number of pool of engorged larvae collected from infected and noninfected C3H/HeN mice and molecular detection of R. helvetica.
| Infected group |
Noninfected group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dropping day | I-6 | I-7 | I-8 | I-10 | I-11 | I-13 | I-14 | C-4 | C-5 |
| 4th DPI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5th DPI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Prevalence of infected ticks | 0 % (0/3) | 0 % (0/2) | 0 % (0/1) | 0 % (0/2) | 0 % (0/1) | 0 % (0/1) | 0 % (0/3) | 0 % (0/2) | 0 % (0/2) |