Table 2.
Potential risk factors for Babesia spp. positivity in Dermacentor reticulatus by univariate analysis.
| Variable | Category | Ticks n Positive/Tested |
Prevalence | OR (95% CI) | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 21/245 | 8.6% | 0.658 (0.376–1.152) |
0.143 |
|
Male (reference) |
31/233 | 13.3% | 1 | ||
| Season | Winter | 30/226 | 13.3% | 1.122 (0.408–3.081) |
0.824 |
| Early spring | 17/213 | 7.9% | 0.705 (0.248–2.005) |
0.512 | |
|
Late spring (reference) |
5/39 | 12.8% | 1 | ||
| Sampling sites | Transect 1 | 10/180 | 5.5% | 1.147 (0.392–3.360) |
0.803 |
| Transect 2 | 38/237 | 16.0% | 2.530 (1.307–4.899) |
0.006 | |
|
Transect 3 (reference) |
4/61 | 6.5% | 1 |