Table 2.
The prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in I. ricinus collected in forested urban and natural areas of Poland
| Site | Quality of habitat | Overall TBD prevalence% |
Prevalence% (no. infected/no. tested) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickettsia sp. | A. phagocytophilum | Ca. Neoehrlichia sp. | Ehrlichia sp. | |||||||
| Bielański Forest* |
urban |
11.6 (42/405) |
4.5 (9/201) |
7.7 (31/405) |
6.0 (12/201) |
3.0 (12/405) |
0.0 (0/201) |
0.2 (1/405) |
0.0 (0/201) |
0.7 (3/405) |
| Kabacki Forest |
10.8 (22/204) |
0.0 (0/204) |
0.5 (1/204) |
1.5 (3/204) |
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| Białowieża National Park* |
natural | 4.4 (40/920) | 1.6 (10/625) |
2.9 (27/920) | 1.3 (8/625) |
1.1(10/920) | 0.0 (0/625) |
0.2 (2/920) | 0.0 (0/625) |
0.1 (1/920) |
| Kampinos National Park |
3.8 (6/156) |
1.3 (2/156) |
0.0 (0/156) |
0.0 (0/156) |
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| Mazury Lake District* | 7.9 (11/139) | 0.0 (0/139) | 1.4 (2/139) | 0.7 (1/139) | ||||||
*classified as high-tick-density forests.