Table 1.
Prevalence of Borreliae in Ixodes persulcatus ticks
| Location in Hulun Buir | No. of ticks | RF borreliae (including B. miyamotoi)-positive no. (%) | LD borreliae-positive no. (%) | Co-infection no. (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| Genhe | 56 | 60 | 116 | 6 (10.7) | 4 (6.7) | 10 (8.6) | 36 (64.3) | 33 (55.0) | 69 (59.5) | 3 (5.4) | 0 | 3 (2.6) |
| Yakeshi | 1023 | 1090 | 2113 | 58 (5.7) | 50 (4.6) | 108 (5.1) | 439 (42.9) | 512 (47.0) | 951 (45.0) | 11 (1.1) | 43 (3.9) | 54 (1.6) |
| Arong Banner | 217 | 167 | 384 | 4 (1.8) | 6 (3.6) | 10 (2.6) | 78 (35.9) | 42 (25.1) | 120 (31.3) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (2.4) | 5 (2.1) |
| Arxan | 22 | 21 | 43 | 4 (18.2) | 2 (9.5) | 6 (14.0) | 9 (40.9) | 15 (71.4) | 24 (55.8) | 1 (4.5) | 0 | 1 (2.3) |
| Total | 1315 | 1341 | 2656 | 72 (5.5) | 62 (4.6) | 134 (5.0) | 562 (42.6) | 602 (45.0) | 1164 (43.8) | 16 (1.2) | 47 (3.5) | 63 (2.4) |