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Table 2.

Prevalence of Babesia species in Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from birds captured at the Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden 2009

Tick developmental stage	No. of ticks examined^a	No. (%) of Babesia-positive ticks	No. of ticks containing Babesia species determined by nucleotide sequencing
Tick developmental stage	No. of ticks examined^a	No. (%) of Babesia-positive ticks	Babesia venatorum	Babesia microti	Babesia capreoli
Larva	514	10 (2.0)	9		1
Nymph	532	16 (3.0)	6	10
Unknown^b	5	0 (0.0)
Total	1051	26 (2.5)	15	10	1

^aAll ticks were examined for Babesia spp. by a real-time PCR assay

^bTicks could not be identified to developmental stage due to missing photos