Table 3.
Infection rates of “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis,” Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and spirochetes in nymphal and adult Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from 35 persons in Germany
| Stage | No. examined | % Ticks infected with: |
% Ticks infected with Borrelia sp. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis” | A. phagocytophilum | Borrelia sp. | B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. burgdorferi sensu stricto | B. valaisiana | B. lusitaniae | B. miyamotoi | ||
| Nymph | 89 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 10.1a | 3.4 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Adult | 22 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 31.8 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Totala | 111 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 21.6 | 11.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
a
Note that three ticks were coinfected with “Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis” and one was coinfected with B.burgdorferi sensu stricto.