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. 2016 Mar 17;10(3):e0004539. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004539

Table 2. Prevalence (%) of the microorganisms detected in ticks according to localities and landscape.

Infection indicates the % of ticks infected by at least one pathogen. Coinfection represents the % of ticks infected by at least two pathogens. M ± SD is mean ± standard deviation.

Locality Cassine Croixbois Elan Hargnies Renwez Woiries Briquenay Cliron Sauville
Landscape Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest (M±SD) Hedge Hedge Hedge Hedge (M ± SD) TOTAL (M ± SD)
Borrelia burgdorferi 0.0 0.0 3.3 2.7 12.0 18.5 6.1 ± 7.5 3.1 0.0 3.6 2.2 ± 1.9 4.8 ± 6.3
Borrelia garinii 3.8 3.6 6.7 5.4 24.0 18.5 10.3 ± 8.7 6.3 0.0 14.3 6.8 ± 7.2 9.2 ± 8.0
Borrelia afzelii 7.7 3.6 3.3 5.4 22.0 11.1 8.9 ± 7.1 9.4 0.0 7.1 5.5 ± 4.9 7.7 ± 6.3
Borrelia valaisiana 3.8 0.0 6.7 5.4 6.0 3.7 4.3 ± 2.4 9.4 0.0 14.3 7.9 ± 7.3 5.5 ± 4.5
Borreliaspielmanii 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 4.0 7.4 2.8 ± 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 1.9 ± 2.9
Borrelia miyamotoi 0.0 0.0 6.7 2.7 4.0 0.0 2.2 ± 2.8 6.3 0.0 3.6 3.3 ± 3.1 2.6 ± 2.7
Anaplasma phagocytophilum 0.0 7.1 0.0 2.7 4.0 0.0 2.3 ± 2.9 0.0 0.0 7.1 2.4 ± 4.1 2.3 ± 3.1
Neoehrlichia mikurensis 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 4.0 3.7 1.8 ± 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 1.8
Ricketssia helvetica 11.5 28.6 30.0 0.0 12.0 7.4 14.9 ± 11.9 31.3 0.0 25.0 18.8 ± 16.5 16.2 ± 12.7
Bartonella henselae 3.8 0.0 33.3 10.8 36.0 14.8 16.5 ± 15.0 0.0 11.1 32.1 14.4 ± 16.3 15.8 ± 14.5
Babesia divergens 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.3 ± 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.7
Infection 19.2 28.6 56.7 27.0 70.0 40.7 40.4 ± 19.5 43.8 11.1 67.9 40.9 ± 28.5 40.6 ± 21.0
Coinfection 7.7 7.1 30.0 5.4 34.0 18.5 17.1 ± 12.5 12.5 0.0 28.6 13.7 ± 14.3 16.0 ± 12.3
Wolbachia sp. 0.0 35.7 11.5 11.1 0.0 70.4 21.5 ± 27.3 26.7 0.0 20.0 15.6 ± 13.9 19.5 ± 22.8
Spiroplasma sp. 76.9 67.9 65.4 91.7 83.3 44.4 71.6 ± 16.5 80.0 100.0 76.0 85.3 ±12.9 76.2 ± 16.1
Acinetobacter sp. 96.2 89.3 100 27.8 52.1 18.5 64.0 ± 36.0 100.0 44.4 60.0 68.1 ± 28.7 65.4 ± 32.0
Midichloria mitochondrii 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ± 0.0 100 100 100 100 ± 0.0 100 ± 0.0