Table 3.
Borrelia species detected in adult and nymphal I. ricinus stage
| Stage | N | n | No. of PCR positive, % (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrelia spp. | B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. valaisiana | B. miyamotoi | |||
| Female | 239 | 239 |
29/12.1 (8.0–16.3) |
14/5.9 (2.9–8.9) |
– – |
8/3.4 (1.1–5.7) |
7/2.9 (0.8–5.1) |
| Male | 232 | 232 |
28/12.1 (7.8–16.3) |
12/5.2 (2.3–8.0) |
5/2.2 (0.3–4.0) |
4/1.7 (0–3.4) |
7/3.0 (0.8–5.2) |
| Nymph | 1936 | 213a |
64/3.3b (2.5–4.1) |
34/1.8b (1.2–2.3) |
1/0.1b (0.0–0.2) |
13/0.7b (0.3–1.0) |
16/0.8b (0.4–1.2) |
aPooled samples
bMIR of pooled samples
Abbreviation: N, number of analyzed samples; n, number of samples/pools; –, no positive samples