Table 5.
Detection of Borrelia spp. in I. pavlovskyi and I. persulcatus ticks
| Region (Year) | Sites | Tick species | No. of examined ticks | No./% of ticks containing DNA of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Borrelia spp. | Ba | Bb | Bg | Bv | Ba + Bb | Ba + Bg | Bb + Bg | Bm | Bg + Bm | ||||
| Alt (2012, 2014, 2015) | A1 | I. pavl | 11 | 4/36.4 | 0 | 0 | 3/27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/9.1 |
| I. pers | 33 | 12/36.4 | 7/21.2 | 4/12.1 | 1/3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| A2 | I. pavl | 113 | 62/54.9 | 2/1.8 | 0 | 51/45.1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.9 | 0 | 8/7.1 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 152 | 69/45.4 | 8/5.3 | 42/27.6 | 4/2.6 | 0 | 4/2.6 | 0 | 0 | 11/7.2 | 0 | ||
| Total A1-A2 | I. pavl | 124 | 66/53.2 | 2/1.6 | 0 | 54/43.5 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.8 | 0 | 8/6.5 | 1/0.8 | |
| I. pers | 185 | 81/43.8 | 15/8.1 | 46/24.9 | 5/2.7 | 0 | 4/2.2 | 0 | 0 | 11/5.9 | 0 | ||
| Nov (2010, 2014, 2015) | N1 | I. pavl | 316 | 152/48.1 | 1/0.3 | 1/0.3 | 129/40.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19/6.0 | 2/0.6 |
| I. pers | 22 | 9/40.9 | 0 | 3/13.6 | 3/13.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/13.6 | 0 | ||
| N2 | I. pavl | 22 | 8/36.4 | 0 | 0 | 5/22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/13.6 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| N3 | I. pavl | 79 | 42/53.2 | 1/1.3 | 2/2.5 | 33/41.8 | 0 | 0 | 1/1.3 | 1/1.3 | 4/5.1 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 110 | 52/47.3 | 13/11.8 | 17/15.5 | 9/8.2 | 1/0.9 | 6/5.5 | 0 | 0 | 6/5.5 | 0 | ||
| N4 | I. pavl | 22 | 9/40.9 | 2/9.1 | 2/9.1 | 5/22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 14 | 4/28.6 | 1/7.1 | 1/7.1 | 1/7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/7.1 | 0 | ||
| N5 | I. pavl | 14 | 2/14.3 | 0 | 0 | 2/14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I. pers | 3 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 1/33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total N1-N5 | I. pavl | 453 | 213/47.0 | 4/0.9 | 5/1.1 | 174/38.4 | 0 | 0 | 1/0.2 | 1/0.2 | 26/5.7 | 2/0.4 | |
| I. pers | 149 | 66/44.3 | 14/9.4 | 22/14.8 | 13/8.7 | 1/0.7 | 6/4.0 | 0 | 0 | 10/6.7 | 0 | ||
| Both regions | I. pavl | 577 | 279/48.4 | 6/1.0 | 5/0.9 | 228/39.5 | 0 | 0 | 2/0.3 | 1/0.2 | 34/5.9 | 3/0.5 | |
| I. pers | 334 | 147/44.0 | 29/8.7 | 68/20.4 | 18/5.4 | 1/0.3 | 10/3.0 | 0 | 0 | 21/6.3 | 0 | ||
Abbreviations: Alt Republic of Altai, Nov Novosibirsk Province, I. pavl I. pavlovskyi, I. pers I. persulcatus, Ba B. afzelii, Bb B. bavariensis, Bg B. garinii, Bv B. valaisiana, Bm B. miyamotoi