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Table 3 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks.

From: Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in relation to the density of wild cervids

Locations

B.afzelii

n/N (%)

B.garinii

n/N (%)

B.burgdorferi s.s.

n/N (%)

B.burgdorferi s.s.+ B.afzelii

n/N (%)

Hitra, Strøm

4/5 (80)

1/5 (20)

0/5 (0)

0/5 (0)

Tjore

13/17 (76.5)

4/17 (23.5)

0/17 (0)

0/17 (0)

Hinnebu

35/37 (94.6)

2/37 (5.6)

0/37 (0)

0/37 (0)

Jomfruland

7/13 (53.8)

0/13 (0)

5/13 (38.5)

1/13 (7.7)

Total

59/72 (82)

7/72(9.7)

5/72(6.9)

1/72(1.4)

  1. N = number of tested ticks; n = number of infected ticks; (%) - prevalence of infection