TABLE 5.
Prevalence of B. lusitaniae in questing I. ricinus ticks at various European and North African sites
| Country (area)a | Ticks
|
% B. lusitaniae in infected ticks | Methodb | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage(s) | No. examined | % Infected with B. burgdorferi sensu lato | ||||
| Germany (Württemberg) | Nymph | 60 | 16.7 | 0 | PCR, seq | This studyd |
| Adult | 135 | 40.0 | 48.1 | PCR, seq | This studyd | |
| France (Vosges) | Nymph | 95 | 22.1 | 19.0 | PCR, seq | Richter and Matuschka, submitted |
| Adult | 236 | 40.3 | 18.9 | PCR, seq | Richter and Matuschka, submitted | |
| Switzerland (Tincino) | Nymph and adult | 460 | 10.9 | 15.0 | Culture, PCR, RFLP | 11 |
| Poland | NDc | ND | ND | 5.9 | PCR, RFLP | 36 |
| Slovakia (Martinsky) | Adult | 114 | 49.1 | 3.6 | Culture, PCR, RFLP | 8 |
| Turkey (Trakya) | Nymph and adult | 299 | 4.0 | 40.0 | Culture, PCR, seq | 9 |
| Morocco | ND | 218 | 47.8 | 92.7 | Culture, PCR, RFLP | 32 |
| Tunisia | Nymph | 60 | 33.3 | 100.0 | Pooled culture, PCR, RFLP | 37 |
| Adult | 81 | 49.4 | 97.5 | Pooled culture, PCR, RFLP | 37 | |
| Portugal (Lisbon) | Adult | 55 | 75.0 | 100.0 | PCR, RLB | 5 |
| Portugal (Mafra) | Adult | 1363 | 10.5 | 0.6 | PCR, RFLP, RLB, seq | 1 |
| Portugal (Grandola) | Adult | 104 | 62.5 | 60.0 | PCR, RFLP, RLB, seq | 1 |
a
Where no area is given, ticks were collected at various sites in the country.
b
seq, sequencing; RLB, reverse line blot; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.
c
ND, not described.
d
See Table 1.