TABLE 2.

Records extracted for analysis of B. burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in I. ricinus ticks in Europe^a

Country	Reference	Total no.	No. of Borrelia-positive ticks
			Nontypeable	B. afzelii	B. garinii	B. burgdorferi sensu stricto	B. valaisiana	B. lusitaniae
Austria	117	29	0	11	17	2
	118	50	0	25	21	5
Belgium	85	114	17	14	79	56
Bulgaria	9	24	1	18	2	5	2	1
	8	8	0	0	4	4
	10	46	6	26	3	15	3	1
	10	22	2	11	5	0	5	0
Croatia	100	56	8	37	5	2	15
Czech Republic	4	34	0	15	21	0
	20	76	1	45	16	8	9
	114	9	0	2	3	7
Estonia	79	15	0	12	3	0	0	0
	62	142	5	101	38	0
Finland	79	23	0	12	2	9	0	0
France	94	25	0	19	9	3
	95	38	12	17	9	3
	129	3	0	0	1	2
	96	91	5	36	29	5	27	0
Germany	97	371	5	261	126	46
	69	41	3	18	15	0	6	0
	124	67	0	6	26	27	8
	78	17	1	3	13	0
	44	34	0	6	19	11	2
	98	10	0	4	5	1	0	0
Ireland	36	22	4	1	10	0	8
	66	136	8	9	47	27	64
	67	94	2	16	26	21	47
Italy	13	91	21	8	42	56	1
Latvia	69	94	1	39	34	5	19	0
	23	64	1	20	29	3	15	0
	23	77	8	35	20	10	10	0
The Netherlands	121	26	0	26	0	0
	102	15	0	6	7	0	5
	87	63	13	2	19	29
Norway	58	54	0	49	1	14
Poland	110	121	14	57	45	48
Portugal	18	41	0	0	0	0	0	41
	69	32	5	1	14	0	18	0
Slovakia	29	37	0	25	5	0	5	2
	69	237	26	129	59	5	42	0
	42	50	0	21	5	0	23	1
	43	311	0	186	79	7	68	6
	43	109	0	45	8	0	53	3
Slovenia	116	60	0	32	20	8
Sweden	28	32	2	14	10	4	2
Switzerland	92	50	0	3	19	26	2
	61	20	2	0	13	0	3	3
	55	41	2	14	8	21	0	0
	109	28	0	6	12	8	2
United Kingdom	72	23	2	0	15	2	7

^aThe numbers of B. afzelii-, B. garinii-, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto-, B. valaisiana-, and B. lusitaniae-positive ticks and the total numbers of ticks examined are shown. Each species found in a coinfection reported separately was added to the corresponding single-infection tally.