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Table 2 Questing tick abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence by sampling session and site

From: Tick range expansion to higher elevations: does Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato facilitate the colonisation of marginal habitats?

Sites

Questing tick abundance

Borrelia screening

Adults/h

Nymphs/h

Analysed nymphs

Borrelia s.l. occurrence

Borrelia afzelii occurrence

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

Total

1

2

3

Total

1

2

3

Total

UNT

7

4

0

46

12

5

16

13

5

34

7

3

2

12

5

3

2

10

MAL

7

2

1

11

32

5

11

13

11

35

2

2

2

6

1

1

2

4

ROD

5

8

0

42

11

10

11

11

12

34

4

4

6

14

3

2

5

10

SAG

44

5

8

7

7

5

12

11

12

35

6

2

2

10

4

2

2

8

PAS

29

22

5

98

108

35

12

11

11

34

3

2

4

9

3

2

4

9

TRI

12

12

11

109

63

99

14

12

9

35

6

2

2

10

4

1

1

6

BON

14

11

8

38

10

20

12

10

10

32

4

1

1

6

4

1

1

6

CAS

6

8

3

50

55

11

12

11

11

34

3

2

1

6

2

1

1

4

SEE

2

12

4

7

77

4

11

12

12

35

2

4

2

8

2

4

2

8

FLI

4

0

0

13

4

3

17

8

10

35

1

1

1

3

1

1

1

3

TOM

2

8

3

38

45

19

12

11

11

34

3

6

7

16

2

6

7

15

RUS

1

0

1

13

9

4

10

8

4

22

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

PRA

1

0

0

1

9

1

0

8

1

9

-

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

FEL

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

2

0

3

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

0

VIL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. Sampling site acronym, number of I. ricinus adults and nymphs collected in the vegetation, the number of nymphs screened for Borrelia infection (analysed nymphs), the number of nymphs infected with B. afzelii and other B. burgdorferi s.l. genospecies during the three sampling sessions (in June, July and August)
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