Table 3. Prevalence (%) of the studied pathogens in I. ricinus and I. persulcatus samples.
|
Number (%) of samples positive for
B. burgdorferi
s.l. |
Number (%) of samples positive for
B. miyamotoi |
Number (%) of samples positive for TBEV |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | P | Total | R | P | Total | R | P | Total | |
| Total | 148 (14.2) | 197 (19.8) | 345 (16.9) | 2 (0.2) | 4 (0.4) | 6 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | 30 (3.0) | 32 (1.6) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female | 99 (13.1) | 138 (19.0) | 237 (16.0) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 23 (2.3) | 25 (1.7) |
| Male | 37 (17.3) | 57 (22.9) | 94 (20.3) | 0 | 3 (1.2) | 3 (0.6) | 0 | 7 (2.8) | 7 (1.5) |
| Stage | |||||||||
| Adult | 137 (14.1) | 195 (20.0) | 332 (17.1) | 2 (0.2) | 4 (0.4) | 6 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | 29 (3.0) | 32 (1.6) |
| Nymph | 11 (15.1) | 2 (11.8) | 13 (14.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5.6) | 1 (1.1) |
| Larva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Abbreviations: I. persulcatus, P; I. ricinus, R; tick-borne encephalitis virus, TBEV.