Table 1 Prevalence of microorganisms detected in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus collected in forest biotope.

From: Disparate dynamics of pathogen prevalence in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks occurring sympatrically in diverse habitats

Year

Tick species

 

Number of infected specimens with particular microorganism including percentage rate (%)

Rickettsia spp.

Rickettsia monacensis

Rickettsia helvetica

Borreliella spp.

Borreliella garinii

Borreliella spielmanii

Borreliella afzelii

Borreliella valaisiana

Borrelia miyamotoi

Borreliella lusitaniae

Bartonella henselae

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Ehrlichia spp.

Francisella-like endosymbiont

Babesia canis

Babesia venatorum

Apicomplexa1

Neoehrlichia mikurensis

2018

I. ricinus

n = 20

3

(15.0)

1

(5.0)

7

(35.0)

2

(10.0)

5

(25.0)

1

(5.00)

4

(20.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(5.00)

0

(0.0)

2

(10.0)

5

(25.0)

2

(10.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

3

(15.0)

1

(5.0)

D. reticulatus

n = 24

22

(91.7)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

24

(100.0)

3

(12.5)

0

(0.0)

8

(33.3)

0

(0.0)

2019

I. ricinus

n = 64

5 (7.8)

0

(0.0)

23

(36.0)

3

(4.7)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

3

(4.7)

0

(0.0)

1

(1.5)

2

(3.1)

0

(0.0)

5

(7.8)

4

(6.2)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(3.1)

7

(11.0)

3

(4.7)

D. reticulatus

n = 35

30

(85.7)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

3

(8.6)

0

(0.0)

35

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

7

(20.0)

0

(0.0)

2020

I. ricinus

n = 66

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

25

(37.9)

2

(3.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(1.5)

4

(6.1)

1

(1.5)

2

(3.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

3

(4.5)

1

(1.5)

0

(0.0)

3

(8.6)

3

(4.5)

9

(13.6)

1

(1.5)

D. reticulatus

n = 22

15

(68.2)

0

(0.0)

2

(9.1)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

21

(95.4)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

4

(18.2)

0

(0.0)

  1. 1Excluding Babesia spp. and Theileria spp., n—number of examined ticks.