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Prevalence of spirochetes in questing I. ricinus ticks at the Ranzenberg study site
| Ticks
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% of Borrelia genospecies in infected ticks
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | No. examined | % Infected | B. lusitaniae | B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. valaisiana | B. spielmanii | B. miyamotoi |
| Nymph | 60 | 16.7 | 0 | 70.0 | 0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Adult | 135 | 39.3 | 49.1 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 17.0a | 3.8 | 3.8 |
Including a tick coinfected with B. garinii.
