Table 3.
Results of Real-Time PCR Tests on Pools of Ticks Collected from Wild Rodents to Detect the Presence of Pathogens
Positive pools | |||
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Tick species | Rodent host | Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. | Coxiella burnetii |
I. acuminatus | Apodemus spp. | 5 | 4 |
Myodes glareolus | 3 | 2 | |
I. ricinus | Apodemus spp. | 1 | 4 |
Myodes glareolus | 1 | — | |
R. turanicus | Apodemus spp. | 2 | — |
Myodes glareolus | 1 | — | |
Ixodes sp. | Apodemus spp. | — | 1 |
Myodes glareolus | — | — | |
All species | Apodemus spp. | 8 | 9 |
Myodes glareolus | 5 | 2 | |
Total | 13 | 11 |