Table 1 Pathogens and tick species included in the real-time PCR assay.

From: Spatial data of Ixodes ricinus instar abundance and nymph pathogen prevalence, Scandinavia, 2016–2017

Species

Borrelia miyamotoi,

B. burgdorferi sensu lato

B. afzelii, B. burgdorferi sensu strictu, B. garinii, B. lusitaniae, B. spielmanii, B. valaisiana

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Neoehrlichia mikurensis

The spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsiae

Rickettsia helvetica

Francisella tularensis

Coxiella burnetii

Babesia canis, Babesia divergens, Babesia microti, Babesia venatorum

Bartonella henselae

Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus, Dermacentor reticulatus

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