Table 1.
Tick species and life stages collected during the study and number of TBE virus positive pools
| Collection time | Dermacentor reticulatus | Ixodes ricinus | Ixodes inopinatus | Haemaphysalis concinna | Total N (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female N (n) |
Male N (n) |
Total N (n) |
Female N (n) |
Male N (n) |
Nymph N (n) |
Larva N (n) |
Total N (n) |
Female N (n) |
Male N (n) |
Total N (n) |
Female N (n) |
Nymph N (n) |
Total N (n) | ||
| IX 2016 | 502 (1) | 314 (2) | 816 (3) | 12 | 12 | 91 (1) | 58 | 173 (1) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 996 (4) |
| II 2017 | 234 (3) | 169 | 403 (3) | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 416 (3) |
| IV 2017 | 31 (1) | 28 | 59 (1) | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 (1) |
| VII 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 150 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 176 |
| IX 2017 | 89 (1) | 69 | 158 (1) | 0 | 2 | 24 (1) | 0 | 26 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 185 (2) |
| IV 2018 | 57 | 41 (1) | 98 (1) | 8 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 (1) |
| Total | 913 (6) | 621 (3) | 1534 (9) | 30 | 33 | 349 (2) | 58 | 470 (2) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2023 (11) |
Abbreviations: N, number of collected ticks; n, number of TBEV-positive pools