Table 2.
Infection rates in hedgehogs, ticks, and fleas using microfluidic real-time PCR.
| Pathogen | Hedgehog IR (Positive Samples/Total Tested Samples) a |
Tick IR (Positive Samples/Total Tested Samples) b |
Flea IR (Positive Samples/Total Tested Samples) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hae. erinacei | Rh. sanguineus | Ixodes spp. | Hy. aegyptium | Archaeopsylla erinacei | Ctenocephalides felis | ||
| Ehrlichia spp. | 45% (9/20) | 26% (24/92) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ehrlichia ewingii | 5% (1/20) | 3.3% (3/92) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candidatus E. shimanensis | 10% (2/20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coxiella burnetii | 10% (2/20) | 80.4% (74/92) | 86.6% (13/15) | 50% (1/2) | 100% (1/1) | 34% (31/91) | 100% (1/1) |
| Rickettsia spp. | 10% (2/20) | 40.2% (37/92) | 86.6% (13/15) | 50% (1/2) | 0 | 82.4% (75/91) | 100% (1/1) |
| Rickettsia massiliae | 0 | 0 | 53.3% (8/15) | 0 | 0 | 1.1% (1/91) | 0 |
| Rickettsia lusitaniae | 0 | 0 | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickettsia asembonensis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78% (71/91) | 0 |
| Bartonella spp. | 0 | 3.3% (3/92) | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 | 2.2% (2/91) | 0 |
| Theileria youngi | 40% (8/20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hepatozoon sp. | 5% (1/20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borrelia sp. | 0 | 0 | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anaplasma sp. | 0 | 0 | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a IR: infection rate; b Hae: Haemaphysalis; Rh: Rhipicephalus; Hy: Hyalomma.