Table 2.

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in questing Ixodesricinus ticks 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Locations	Years	Female			Male			Nymph			Total
		N	Prevalence		N	Prevalence		N	Prevalence		N	Prevalence
			n	%		n	%		n	%		n	%
Hitra, Fjelløyvær	2008	9	0	0	8	0	0	43	0	0	60	0	0
	2007	23	0	0	27	0	0	30	0	0	80	0	0
	2006	2	0	0	6	0	0	56	0	0	64	0	0
											204	0	0
Hitra, Strøm	2008	5	0	0	7	1	14.3	40	0	0	52	1	1.9
	2007	40	0	0	32	0	0	16	0	0	88	0	0
	2006	5	1	20	3	0	0	89	3	3.4	97	4	4.1
											237	5	2.1
Tjore	2008	24	1	4.2	14	0	0	20	2	10	58	3	5.2
	2007	19	2	10.5	23	3	13	38	1	2.6	80	6	7.5
	2006	4	1	25	4	0	0	16	7	43,8	24	8	33.3
											162	17	10.5
Hinnebu	2008	31	3	9.7	41	3	7.3	7	0	0	79	6	7.6
	2007	52	15	28.8	57	4	7	6	0	0	115	19	16.5
	2006	42	4	9.5	32	4	12.5	32	4	12.5	106	12	11.3
											300	37	11.8
Jomfruland	2008	29	3	10.3	30	0	0	20	0	0	79	3	3.8
	2007	30	3	10	20	2	10	22	0	0	72	5	6.9
	2006	8	0	0	8	0	0	76	7	9.2	92	5	5.4
											243	13	5.3

N = number of tested ticks; n = number of infected ticks