Table 3.
Occurrence and co-incidence of DNAs of Borrelia s.l. Bbsl (BG B. garinii, BA B. afzelii, BB B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, BL B. lusitaniae), Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Aph) and Rickettsia helvetica (Rh) in Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation
| Stages/sex | No I. ricinus/PCR+ (%) | BbSL | BG PCR+/% |
BA PCR+/% |
BB PCR+/% |
BL PCR+/% |
Aph PCR+/% |
Rh PCR+/% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Females | 6/1 (16.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/16.7 |
| Males | 10/2 (20.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/20 | 0 |
| Nymphs | 252/42 (16.7) | 17/6.7 | 9/3.6 | 5/2.0 | 1/0.4 | 2/0.8 | 3/1.2 | 22/8.7 |
| Larvae | 103/1 (1.0) | 1/1.0 | 1/1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 371/46 (12.4) | 18/4.8 | 10/2.6 | 5/1.3 | 1/0.3 | 2/0.5 | 5/1.3 | 23/6.2 |