Table 6.

Human Borrelia infections computed from canine infection rates.

	Animal Borrelia infection data (dogs)				Human Lyme Borrelia infections
Country	Sero-prevalence of Borrelia infections in animals AP	Year of study (Note 1)	Sero-prevalence 2018	Adjusted for human seropositive rate (β)	Pop. 2018 (Mils)	Incidence 2018	LB prevalence (Total LB cases)	Total infections
Brazil	4.9%	2001	4.5%	5.2%	210.9	518,570	2,621,060	11,056,692
Bulgaria	10.6%	2015	10.5%	12.2%	7.0	39,971	202,030	852,245
Czech republic	6.5%	2006	6.3%	7.2%	10.6	36,119	182,562	770,119
England	6.2%	1988	5.6%	6.4%	55.6	169,064	854,518	3,604,703
Finland	6.3%	2014	6.2%	7.2%	5.5	18,629	94,157	397,193
France	12.2%	1999	11.8%	13.6%	67.2	429,591	2,171,325	9,159,526
Germany	11.1%	2008	10.9%	12.6%	82.3	485,814	2,455,496	10,358,277
Hungary	0.4%	2006	0.2%	0.2%	9.7	842	4253	17,943
Italy	1.0%	2010	0.8%	1.0%	59.3	27,275	137,859	581,545
Japan	10.2%	2016	10.2%	11.7%	127.2	700,862	3,542,433	14,943,417
Korea	1.1%	2017	1.1%	1.2%	51.2	30,014	151,704	639,947
Mexico	7.7%	2008	7.5%	8.7%	130.8	530,927	2,683,517	11,320,163
Netherlands	17.0%	2000	16.6%	19.3%	17.1	154,267	779,728	3,289,210
Poland	12.5%	2016	12.5%	14.4%	38.1	257,677	1,302,402	5,494,061
Portugal	0.2%	2012	0.1%	0.1%	10.3	447	2258	9527
Romania	6.5%	2011	6.4%	7.4%	19.6	67,875	343,067	1,447,195
Serbia	25.5%	2010	25.3%	29.3%	8.7	119,663	604,823	2,551,387
Spain	8.1%	2008	7.9%	9.2%	46.4	199,292	1,007,301	4,249,203
Sweden	7.5%	2009	7.3%	8.5%	10.0	39,732	200,823	847,152
USA	6.3%	2017	6.3%	7.3%	327.2	1,114,439	5,632,816	23,761,497
Mean	8.1%		7.5%	8.7%