Table 1 The sample sizes (n) and infection prevalence levels in mammals collected from eastern, southern and western Norway.
Common name | Latin name | Region | n | B. burgdorferi sl | Number of IGS sequences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neg | Pos | Prev | B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. burgdorferi ss | ||||
Yellow-necked mouse | Apodemus flavicollis | SF | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0.05 | |||
Wood mouse | Apodemus sylvaticus | SF | 76 | 68 | 8 | 0.11 | |||
East | 96 | 71 | 25 | 0.26 | 1 | ||||
Field vole | Microtus agrestis | SF | 41 | 30 | 11 | 0.27 | 6 | ||
House mouse | Mus musculus | SF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bank vole | Myodes glareolus | SF | 64 | 56 | 8 | 0.13 | 1 | ||
East | 333 | 247 | 86 | 0.26 | 23 | ||||
Water shrew | Neomys fodiens | SF | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0.07 | |||
East | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Common shrew | Sorex araneus | SF | 554 | 519 | 35 | 0.06 | 12 | ||
East | 271 | 203 | 68 | 0.25 | 17 | ||||
Taiga shrew | Sorex isodon | SF | 157 | 154 | 3 | 0.02 | 1 | ||
Eurasian pygmy shrew | Sorex minutus | SF | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |||
East | 53 | 51 | 2 | 0.04 | |||||
Red squirrel | Sciurus vulgaris | East | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0.88 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | East | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.17 | |||
Badger | Meles meles | East | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.14 | |||
Hare | Lepus timidus | East | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roe deer | Capreolus capreolus | East | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||
Red deer | Cervus elaphus | SF | 126 | 126 | 0 | 0 | |||
South | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Moose | Alces alces | South | 111 | 111 | 0 | 0 | |||
