Table 2.

Major theoretical reservoir hosts, dead-end hosts, and vectors of A. phagocytophilum in Europe.

Theoretical reservoir host	Vector(s)	Theoretical dead-end host(s)	Geographical area	Reference(s)
Roe deer (C. capreolus)	I. ricinus	Unknown	Europe	Alberdi et al., 2000; Rymaszewska, 2008; Scharf et al., 2011; Chastagner et al., 2014; Dugat et al., 2014a; Huhn et al., 2014
Red deer (C. elaphus)	I. ricinus	Dometic ruminants	Europe	Stuen et al., 2001; Petrovec et al., 2002; Majazki et al., 2013; Chastagner et al., 2014; Dugat et al., 2014a; Huhn et al., 2014
Hedgehog (E. europaeus)	I. ricinus and I. hexagonus	Human	Germany probably other countries	Skuballa et al., 2010; Pfäffle et al., 2011; Silaghi et al., 2012a; Huhn et al., 2014
Different rodent species	I. trianguliceps	Unknown	United Kingdom and Slovakia	Bown et al., 2008, 2009; Majazki et al., 2013; Baráková et al., 2014; Blaòarová et al., 2014; Jahfari et al., 2014
Sheep (O. aries)	I. ricinus	Dometic ruminants	Europe	Thomas et al., 2012; Stuen et al., 2013b