Table 2.

Hedgehogs’ zoonotic disease prevalence, categorized based on sampled rural locations.

	Agent	p (%) 1	n	City/Local	Country	Ref
Bacteria	Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.	33%	6	Lake Constance	Germany, Austria, Switzerland.	[19]
	Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.	21%	24	Upper-Rhine Valley	Germany, Switzerland.	[19]
	Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.	15%	54	Rhine Valley-Main Area	Germany	[19]
	Leptospira interrogans s.l.	27%	11	Azores (São Miguel)	Portugal	[27]
Fungi	Dermatophytes	9%	57	Near Berkshire, Cardiganshire, Devon, Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, London, Norfolk, Somerset, Surrey, and Yorkshire	UK	[36]
	Dermatophytes	8%	24	Pas de Calais	France	[36]
Parasites	Giardia spp.	33%	6	Southeastern North Island	New Zealand	[26]
Viruses	Erinaceus coronaviruses	80%	5	Bentivoglio, Budrio, and Conna	Italy	[40]
	Belerina virus	39%	147	Merelbek, Maldere, and Opglabbe	Belgium	[41]

¹ Detected prevalence (%).