Table 2. Prevalence of family Anaplasmataceae bacteria in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from green lizards and surrounding vegetation, Slovakia, 2004–2011.
| Tick source, type | No. ticks examined | No. (%) positive ticks | No. (%) positive ticks |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidatus Cryptoplasma | Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Wolbachia pipientis | Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis | |||
| Lizards | ||||||
| Larvae | 118 | 43 (36.4) | 43 (100) | – | – | – |
| Nymphs | 117 | 44 (37.6) | 44 (100) | – | – | – |
| Total |
235 |
87 (37) |
87 (100) |
– |
– |
– |
| Vegetation | ||||||
| Nymphs | 132 | 8 (6.1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Males | 76 | 4 (5.3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Females | 63 | 6 (9.5) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Adults | 139 | 10 (7.2) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 271 | 18 (6.6) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 |