TABLE 3.
PCR results with DNA extracted from potential arthropod vectorsa
| Agent(s) | No. of positive samples/no. of samples tested
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ticks | Lice | Flies | |
| A. marginale | 3/6 | 3/5 | 3/4 |
| Theileria spp. | 6/6 | 0/5 | 2/4 |
| Babesia spp. | 5/6 | 1/5 | 2/4 |
| M. wenyonii | 0/6 | 5/5 | 4/4 |
| A. phagocytophilum | 2/6 | 0/5 | 0/4 |
| B. burgdorferi | 0/5 | NTb | NT |
a
Note that detection of a pathogen in a vector is not equivalent to transmission via this vector. DNA extracted from 20 ticks (I. ricinus, collected in 2000 for an unrelated Borrelia study) tested PCR negative for A. marginale and A. phagocytophilum, Theileria and Babesia spp., and M. wenyonii (data not shown).
b
NT, not tested.