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. 2022 Nov 8;11(11):1309. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11111309

Table 1.

TBCI prevalence in wildlife and ticks.

Host Region Host Species Co-Infections Prevalence (%) Ref.
Small rodents US P. leucopus; M. pennsylvanicus Bm + Bb 35.7 [15]
P. leucopus 9.4 [58]
12 [59]
Bm + Ap <1 [59]
1 [58]
Bb + Ap 22.5 [58]
1 [59]
Bb + Ech 2 [59]
Ap + Ech <1 [59]
Bm + Bb + Ap 12.8 [58]
6 [59]
Bm + Bb + Ech 2 [59]
Bb + Ap + Ech <1 [59]
Bm + Bb + Ap + Ech 2 [59]
Europe Myodes glareolus Ba + CNm 42 [60]
Apodemus flavicollis Bb + Bmiy 9.3 [61]
Apodemus spp. Rs + Bl/Bv 2 [62]
Meso mammals Europe Canis lupus (grey woof) Ap + Hc <1 [63]
Vulpes vulpes (red fox) Babesia spp. + Hc 17.6 [64]
Ungulates (Large mammals) Mexico Bison bison (American Bison) Bbov + Bb 7.6 [65]
Europe Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) Babesia spp. + Ap 88.4 [66]
79.9 [67]
18.92 [68]
Cervus elaphus (red deer) 1.9 [69]
62.2 [67]
Vector Vector species
Questing ticks US I. scapularis Bm + Bb 6.68 [70]
4.2 [71]
Bb + Ap 2.47 [70]
1.8 [71]
Bm + Ap <1 [70]
Bm + Bmiy <1 [71]
Bb + Bmiy 1.5 [71]
Bm + Bb + Ap <1 [71]
Bm + Bb + Bmiy <1 [71]
Canada I. scapularis Babesia spp. + Bb 1.15 [72]
Europe I. ricinus Babesia spp. + Ap <1 [66]
Babesia spp. + Rickettsia spp. 1.5 [66]
Ap + Rickettsia spp. 1.5 [66]
Engorged ticks
(Collected from birds, rodents, meso mammals and ungulates)
US I. scapularis Bm + Bb <1, 12.69 [70]
<1 [71]
Bm + Ap <1 [70]
2.6 [71]
Bb + Ap 9.9 [71]
<1, 3.5 [70]
Bb + Bmiy <1 [71]
Bmiy + Ap 1.4 [71]
Bm + Bb + Ap 1.7 [71]
Bb + Ap + Bmiy <1 [71]
Bm + Bb + Bmiy + Ap <1 [71]
Canada Ixodes spp. and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Babesia spp. + Bb 2.2 [72]
Europe I. ricinus Babesia spp. + Ap 6.3 [66]
Babesia spp. + Rickettsia spp. 1.5 [66]
Ap + Rickettsia spp. 15.1 [66]
Ap + Theileria spp. <1 [28]
Ap + Hepatozoon spp. <1 [28]
Borrelia spp. + Ap + Rh + Theileria spp. <1 [28]
Bbav/Bg + Ap <1 [28]
Ba/Bv + Rickettsia spp. <1 [28]
Bmiy + Ap <1 [28]
Ixodes spp. Ap + Rh 9.9 [28]
Bg + Ap 3.1 [28]
Borrelia spp. + Ap + Rickettsia spp. 18.9 [28]
Bbav/Bg + Ap + Nm <1 [28]
Ixodes spp. and Haemaphysalis Ba + Ap 9 [28]
Punctata Ap + Rm 3.1 [28]
Hyalomma marginatum Prp + Ehrlichia spp. 12.19 [73]
marginatum, Rhipicephalus bursa Ehrlichia spp. + Ap 9.75, 12.76 [73]
and Dermacentor marginatus Ehrlichia spp. + Am 4.88 [73]
Ehrlichia spp. + Ap + Am 4.88, 6.38 [73]
Prp + Ehrlichia spp. + Ap + Am 7.32 [73]

Abbreviations: Bb, Borrelia burgdorferi; Bmiy, Borrelia miyamotoi; Bg, Borrelia garinii; Bv, Borrelia valaisiana; Ba, Borrelia afzelii; Bbav, Borrelia bavariensis; Bl, Borrelia lusitaniae; Bm, Babesia microti; Bd, Babesia divergens; Bbov, Babesia bovis; Ap, Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Am, Anaplasma marginale; Rh, Rickettsia helvetica; Rm, Rickettsia monacensis; Rs, Rickettsia slovaca; Ech, Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Hc, Hepatozoon canis; Nm, Neoehrlichia mikurensis; CNm, Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; Prp, Piroplasma. See Supplementary Table S1: data table adapted from Borsan et al., 2021 [28].