Table 3 The total numbers and percentages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes hexagonus ticks infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in the surveyed areas in the Silesian Voivodeship.
Collecting site | Tick species | Number of studied ticks | Pathogen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ap | Bm | Bbsl | |||
1 | Ixodes ricinus | 6 | 1 (16.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Ixodes hexagonus | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
2 | Ixodes ricinus | 48 | 3 (6.2%) | 7 (14.5%) | 3 (6.2%) |
3 | Ixodes ricinus | 16 | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (75.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Ixodes hexagonus | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
4 | Ixodes ricinus | 17 | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (29.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |
5 | Ixodes ricinus | 20 | 1 (5.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Total | 110 | 5 (4.5%) | 26 (23.7%) | 3 (2.8%) | |
