Table 2.
Detection ofBorreliainfection in various stages ofI. granulatusticks collected from four townships of Kinmen Island by PCR assay targeting the 5S (rrf)-23S (rrl) intergenic spacer gene ofB. burgdorferisensu lato
|
Township |
Stage of ticka |
Total No. infected/No. tested (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male |
Female |
Nymph |
||
| No. infected/No. tested (%) | No. infected/No. tested (%) | No. infected/No. tested (%) | ||
| Kin-Hu |
6/14 (42.9) |
40/65 (61.5) |
19/46 (41.3) |
65/125 (52.0) |
| Kin-Sha |
3/9 (33.3) |
25/57 (43.9) |
19/36 (52.8) |
47/102 (46.1) |
| Kin-Ning |
0/0 (0.0) |
1/3 (33.3) |
0/5 (0.0) |
1/8 (12.5) |
| Kin-Cheng |
0/2 (0.0) |
3/6 (50.0) |
7/18 (38.9) |
10/26 (38.5) |
| Total | 9/25 (36.0) | 69/131 (52.7) | 45/105 (42.9) | 123/261 (47.1) |
aAll I. granulatus ticks were removed from the rodent host of Rattus losea.