Table 2 An overview of B. burgdorferi sl genospecies in infected questing I. ricinus ticks in % (n) based on the IGS sequences from Sogn & Fjordane (SF), Møre & Romsdal (MR) and Akershus/Østfold (east) counties of Norway. n-tot = total number of questing ticks; n-pos = number of B. burgdorferi sl-positive ticks; n-seq = number of positive samples that was successfully sequenced.
Life stage | Region | n-tot | n-pos | n-seq | B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. burgdorferi ss | B. valaisiana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nymphs | SF | 4857 | 567 | 147 | 66.7% (98) | 26.5% (39) | 0.7% (1) | 6.1% (9) |
MR | 1771 | 245 | 105 | 75.2% (79) | 21.0% (22) | 0 | 3.8% (4) | |
East | 872 | 99 | 8 | 100% (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Adult males | SF | 626 | 74 | 15 | 66.7% (10) | 20.0% (3) | 6.7% (1) | 6.7% (1) |
MR | 264 | 35 | 16 | 81.3% (13) | 12.5% (2) | 6.3% (1) | 0 | |
East | 109 | 16 | 0 | |||||
Adult females | SF | 624 | 91 | 35 | 65.7% (23) | 20.0% (7) | 5.7% (2) | 8.6% (3) |
MR | 223 | 34 | 17 | 70.6% (12) | 23.5% (4) | 0 | 5.9% (1) | |
East | 91 | 22 | 10 | 40.0% (4) | 40.0% (4) | 20.0% (2) | 0 |
