Table 4.
B. burgdorferi s.l. genotypes in I. ricinus ticks collected from birds, 2008.
| Borrelia species identified in larvae | Borrelia species identified in nymphs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird species | No. birds with infected ticks/no. birds infested | Bg | Bv | Ba | Bg | Bv | Ba | Bbss |
| Migrating birds | ||||||||
| Phylloscopus trochilus | 1 (24) | 1 | ||||||
| Sylvia communis | 1 (20) | 1 | ||||||
| Anthus trivialis | 1 (7) | 1 | ||||||
| Erithacus rubecula* | 1 (29) | 1 | ||||||
| Turdus iliacus* | 2 (3) | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Turdus merula* | 4 (22) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Turdus pilaris* | 1 (5) | 1 | ||||||
| Fringilla coelebs* | 8 (51) | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Prunella modularis* | 2 (5) | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Resident birds | ||||||||
| Troglodytes troglodytes | 1 (4) | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 22 (170) | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Migrating and resident birds are defined according to Fonstad et al. [9]. Only bird species carrying B. burgdorferi s.l. infected tick(s) are included in the table.
*Migrating birds, but some individuals may overwinter