Table 2.
Prevalence of various Babesia species in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected at three localities in the Lublin province (eastern Poland)
| Locality Babesia species | Ticks infected/examined (percent) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostrów Lubelski | Parczew | Suchawa | Total | |||||||||||||
| F | M | N | T | F | M | N | T | F | M | N | T | F | M | N | T | |
| Babesia canis | 1/81 | 0/67 | 1/148 | 0/147 | 0/135 | 0/282 | 2/113 | 1/39 | 3/152 | 3/341 | 1/241 | 4/582 | ||||
| (1.2) | (0) | N. f. | (0.7) | (0) | (0) | N. f. | (0) | (1.8) | (2.6) | N. f. | (2.0) | (0.9) | (0.4) | N. f. | (0.7) | |
| Babesia microti | 1/81 | 1/67 | 2/148 | 1/147 | 7/135 | 8/282 | 1/113 | 1/39 | 2/152 | 3/341 | 9/241 | 12/582 | ||||
| (1.2) | (1.5) | N. f. | (1.4) | (0.7) | (5.2) | N. f. | (2.8) | (0.9) | (2.6) | N. f. | (1.3) | (0.9) | (3.7) | N. f. | (2.1) | |
| Total | 2/81 | 1/67 | 3/148 | 1/147 | 7/135 | 8/282 | 3/113 | 2/39 | 5/152 | 6/341 | 10/241 | 16/582 | ||||
| (2.5) | (1.5) | N. f. | (2.0) | (0.7) | (5.2) | N. f. | (2.8) | (2.7) | (5.1) | N. f. | (3.3) | (1.8) | (4.1) | N. f. | (2.7) | |
F females, M males, N nymphs, T total, N. f. not found