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. 2018 Dec;24(12):2356–2359. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.171632

Table 2. Prevalence of Borrelia spp. in small mammal species in the San Francisco Bay area, California, USA.

Borrelia species Mammal species Site Sample source Prevalence at site, no. tested/no. positive (%) Prevalence across sites, no. tested/no. positive (%)
B. miyamotoi Dusky-footed woodrat Foothills Blood 1/4 (25) 1/6 (17)
Brush mouse Thornewood woodland Ear 1/17 (6) 2/71 (3)
Brush mouse* Windy Hill Ear 1/18 (6)
California mouse Foothills Ear 1/6 (17) 4/24 (17)

California mouse
Thornewood woodland
2 ear, 1 blood
3/9 (33)

B. bissettiae Brush mouse Thornewood woodland Ear 1/17 (6) 1/71 (1)

Pinyon mouse
Foothills
Blood
1/3 (33)
1/3 (33)
B. burgdorferi sensu lato
California mouse
Windy Hill
Blood
1/6 (17)
1/24 (4)
Borrelia spp., not sequenced Brush mouse Thornewood woodland 2 blood, 1 blood and ear 3/17 (18) 3/71 (4)

*Co-infection with B. burgdorferi sensu lato.