TABLE 2.
Detection of B. divergens and B. venatorum in DNA samples from ticks previously collected in additional areas in Hokkaidoa
| Collection area | Tick stage | n | Positive PCR result |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal |
B. divergens lineage |
B. venatorum | ||||
| Asia | EU/U.S. | |||||
| Nemuro | Adult | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nymph | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Horonobe | Adult | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiyosato | Adult | 105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shimokawa | Adult | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aibetsu | Adult | 85 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Furano | Adult | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobetsu | Adult | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebetsu | Adult | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 677 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
a
PCR was performed on the DNA samples previously prepared in Zamoto-Niikura et al. (2012) (28).