Table 3.
Detection of tick-transmitted agents in I. pavlovskyi and I. persulcatus ticks
| Region (Year) | Site | Tick species | No. of ticks from the site | No./% of ticks infected by any of tested agent | No./% of ticks containing nucleic acids of tested agentsa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBEV | KEMV | B.burg.(s.l.) | B.miyam | Rick.spp. | A.phag | E.mur | “Ca.N.m” | Bab.m | |||||
| Alt (2012, 2014, 2015) | A1, | I. pavl | 11 | 5/45.5 | 0 | 0 | 4/36.4 | 1/9.1 | 0 | 1/9.1 | 1/9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| I. pers | 33 | 31/93.9 | 0 | 2/6.1 | 12/36.4 | 0 | 26/78.8 | 6/18.2 | 2/6.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| A2 | I. pavl | 113 | 73/64.6 | 12/10.6 | 1/0.9 | 54/47.8 | 8/7.1 | 11/9.7 | 2/1.8 | 0 | 1/0.9 | 2/1.8 | |
| I. pers | 152 | 142/93.4 | 7/4.6 | 0 | 58/38.2 | 11/7.2 | 136/89.5 | 9/5.9 | 25/16.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total A1-A2 | I. pavl | 124 | 78/62.9 | 12/9.7 | 1/0.8 | 58/46.8 | 9/7.3 | 11/8.9 | 3/2.4 | 1/0.8 | 1/0.8 | 2/1.6 | |
| I. pers | 185 | 173/93.5 | 7/3.8 | 2/1.1 | 70/37.8 | 11/5.9 | 162/87.6 | 15/8.1 | 27/14.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nov (2010, 2014, 2015) | N1 | I. pavl | 316 | 178/56.3 | 15/4.7 | 1/0.3 | 134/42.4 | 21/6.6 | 14/4.4 | 14/4.4 | 0 | 2/0.6 | 0 |
| I. pers | 22 | 20/90.9 | 2/9.1 | 0 | 6/27.3 | 3/13.6 | 17/77.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N2 | I. pavl | 22 | 17/77.3 | 0 | 0 | 5/22.7 | 3/13.6 | 14/63.6 | 0 | 0 | 3/13.6 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| N3 | I. pavl | 79 | 47/59.5 | 6/7.6 | 0 | 38/48.1 | 4/5.1 | 3/3.8 | 2/2.5 | 1/1.3 | 1/1.3 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 110 | 89/80.9 | 8/7.3 | 0 | 46/41.8 | 6/5.5 | 70/63.6 | 6/5.5 | 12/10.9 | 2/1.8 | 2/1.8 | ||
| N4 | I. pavl | 22 | 9/40.9 | 0 | 0 | 9/40.9 | 0 | 1/4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2/9.1 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 14 | 10/71.4 | 1/7.1 | 0 | 3/21.4 | 1/7.1 | 9/62.3 | 0 | 1/7.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N5 | I. pavl | 14 | 7/50.0 | 1/7.1 | 0 | 2/14.3 | 0 | 4/28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 3 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 0 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total N1-N5 | I. pavl | 453 | 258/57.0 | 22/4.9 | 1/0.2 | 188/41.5 | 28/6.2 | 36/7.9 | 16/3.5 | 1/0.2 | 8/1.8 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 149 | 120/80.5 | 11/7.4 | 0 | 56/37.6 | 10/6.7 | 97/65.1 | 6/4.0 | 13/8.7 | 2/1.3 | 2/1.3 | ||
| Both regions | I. pavl | 577 | 336/58.2 | 34/5.9 | 2/0.3 | 246/42.6 | 37/6.4 | 47/8.1 | 19/3.3 | 2/0.3 | 9/1.6 | 2/0.3 | |
| I. pers | 334 | 293/87.7 | 18/5.4 | 2/0.6 | 126/37.7 | 21/6.3 | 259/77.5 | 21/6.3 | 40/12.0 | 2/0.6 | 2/0.6 | ||
Abbreviations: Alt Republic of Altai, Nov Novosibirsk Province, I. pavl I. pavlovskyi, I. pers I. persulcatus, B.burg.(s.l.) B. burgdorferi (s.l.), B.miyam B. miyamotoi, Rick.spp. Rickettsia spp., A.phag A. phagocytophilum, E.mur E. muris, “Ca.N.m” “Ca. N. mikurensis”, Bab.m Bab. microti
aIncluding cases of mixed infection