TABLE 1.

Ticks collected from Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica‐positive hares via the national general wildlife disease surveillance programme at the Swedish Veterinary Agency in Sweden from 2020 to 2021.

ID	Year of collection	Age	Origin (municipality)	Francisella tularensis in hares a	Francisella tularensis in ticks b (Ct value)
A	2020	Adult	Säffle	Positive	24.0
B	2020	Adult	Knivsta	Positive	28.4
C	2021	Adult	Bengtsfors	Positive	40.1

^a A hare was defined as Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica‐positive when it either tested positive using PCR or the immunohistochemistry of inner organs.

^b Conventional real‐time PCR assay: Samples are considered positive below a cut‐off (Ct) value of 38.