Research Article
Spatial Distribution and Pathogen Profile of Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks in Southeastern Poland: A Genetic and Environmental Analysis
Table 1
Density of Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in Subcarpathian region.
| Plot number | Geographical coordinates | Altitude (m.a.s.l.) | Number of collected ticks per 500 m2 | Mean ticks density per 100 m2 | Spring | Autumn | Mean number of collected ticks per 500 m2 | Weather parameters | Number of collected ticks | Weather parameters | Number of collected ticks | T (°C) | H (%) | F | M | F + M | T (°C) | H (%) | F | M | F + M | F | M | F + M | F | M | F + M |
| 1 | 50.757; 22.080 | 219 | 17.0 | 61.0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 18.5 | 67.9 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 14.5 | 17 | 31.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 2 | 50.585; 21.848 | 149 | 13.6 | 68.1 | 33 | 20 | 53 | 15.4 | 60.1 | 31 | 19 | 50 | 32 | 19.5 | 51.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 3 | 50.603; 22.137 | 190 | 15.7 | 64.5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 20.2 | 49.9 | 32 | 13 | 45 | 21.5 | 9.5 | 31 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 4 | 50.551; 22.395 | 226 | 18.2 | 51.9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19.3 | 48.3 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 50.438; 21.585 | 158 | 16.4 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23.0 | 68.0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 6 | 50.403; 21.755 | 187 | 17.0 | 69.0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20.1 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 7 | 50.378; 22.122 | 212 | 17.3 | 62.7 | 96 | 76 | 172 | 14.3 | 72.6 | 69 | 67 | 136 | 82.5 | 71.5 | 154 | 16.5 | 14.3 | 30.8 | 8 | 50.266; 22.387 | 201 | 21.0 | 63.3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16.6 | 60.3 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 10.5 | 9 | 19.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 9 | 50.342; 23.356 | 273 | 20.8 | 60.0 | 44 | 16 | 60 | 16.4 | 67.7 | 46 | 42 | 88 | 45 | 29 | 74 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 14.8 | 10 | 50.210; 21.419 | 189 | 18.1 | 57.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 66.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 50.183; 21.606 | 190 | 17.8 | 59.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19.7 | 46.0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 12 | 50.218; 21.747 | 202 | 14.0 | 65.3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18.6 | 50.6 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 13 | 50.256; 22.138 | 256 | 16.2 | 61.4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14.6 | 54.5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 14 | 50.259; 22.321 | 248 | 14.4 | 59.9 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 11.3 | 64.5 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 29.5 | 23 | 52.5 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 10.5 | 15 | 50.252; 22.708 | 231 | 18.5 | 38.0 | 59 | 42 | 101 | 16.6 | 65.4 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 41.5 | 32.5 | 74 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 14.8 | 16 | 50.222; 23.004 | 260 | 21.0 | 38.9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16.7 | 55.2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 17 | 50.186; 23.191 | 204 | 20.0 | 51.5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17.6 | 59.8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 18 | 50.150; 23.280 | 248 | 18.9 | 50.0 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 19.1 | 48.5 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 14 | 16.5 | 30.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 19 | 50.256; 22.138 | 225 | 18.2 | 59.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 37.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 50.022; 21.427 | 336 | 17.7 | 55.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 49.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 50.062; 21.718 | 227 | 16.8 | 64.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 66.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 49.989; 22.028 | 251 | 17.0 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 | 70.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 49.984; 22.312 | 360 | 14.3 | 61.4 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 24.7 | 51.9 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 15.5 | 6 | 21.5 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 24 | 49.965; 22.608 | 271 | 21.5 | 48.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19.3 | 50.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25 | 50.007; 22.874 | 209 | 16.4 | 61.4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19.0 | 50.9 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 26 | 50.017; 23.119 | 204 | 19.9 | 49.9 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 18.8 | 70.1 | 34 | 25 | 59 | 25.5 | 26 | 51.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 27 | 49.807; 21.581 | 295 | 11.8 | 77.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 81.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 49.863; 21.755 | 295 | 10.0 | 77.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 88.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29 | 49.871; 22.050 | 277 | 7.7 | 78.9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15.4 | 79.1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 30 | 49.826; 22.353 | 234 | 11.4 | 69.2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15.5 | 72.2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6.5 | 4 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 31 | 49.871; 22.693 | 277 | 20.4 | 40.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 63.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 49.799; 22.925 | 187 | 20.0 | 50.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.3 | 44.6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 33 | 49.667; 21.478 | 291 | 12.8 | 62.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 77.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 49.599; 21.704 | 357 | 13.0 | 67.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35 | 49.667; 21.993 | 310 | 14.0 | 74.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 66.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36 | 49.702; 22.213 | 256 | 10.2 | 79.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19.2 | 66.2 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 11.5 | 6 | 17.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 37 | 49.640; 22.671 | 308 | 18.6 | 65.6 | 28 | 13 | 41 | 13.3 | 75.0 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 38 | 49.500; 21.594 | 465 | 12.7 | 70.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 72.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 | 49.429; 21.856 | 513 | 14.4 | 63.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 65.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 | 49.410; 22.140 | 427 | 14.1 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 62.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 | 49.457; 22.278 | 486 | 12.3 | 64.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | 51.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | 49.451; 22.593 | 474 | 12.8 | 64.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.4 | 62.2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 43 | 49.317; 22.061 | 522 | 12.1 | 67.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 68.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 49.344; 22.264 | 538 | 13.9 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 66.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 49.340; 22.672 | 578 | 11.3 | 75.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 66.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Total/mean ± SD | — | — | — | — | 396 | 279 | 675 | — | — | 482 | 399 | 881 | | | | 3.3 ± | 2.5 ± | 5.8 ± |
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T, temperature; H, humidity; SD, standard deviation; mean values calculated only on data from plots where the presence of ticks was confirmed. |