Spatial Distribution and Pathogen Profile of Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks in Southeastern Poland: A Genetic and Environmental Analysis

Table 3

Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens detected in Dermacentor reticulatus in Subcarpathian region.

Subregions	Tick collection site	Tick stages	Tick-borne pathogens/number of positive samples and percentage rate (%)
			Borrelia spp.	Rickettsia raoultii	Rickettsia helvetica	Anaplasma phagocytophilum	Babesia canis
Sandomierz Basin	2	Females n = 21	0 (0.00)	13 (61.90)	2 (9.52)	1 (4.76)	0 (0.00)
		Males n = 19	0 (0.00)	16 (84.21)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
	9	Females n = 20	0 (0.00)	9 (45.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
		Males n = 20	0 (0.00)	4 (20.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Central Beskids Foothills	37	Females n = 21	0 (0.00)	15 (71.43)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
		Males n = 19	0 (0.00)	12 (63.16)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
All studied subregions		Females n = 62	0 (0.00)	37 (59.68)	2 (3.23)	1 (1.61)	0 (0.00)
		Males n = 58	0 (0.00)	32 (55.17)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)

n, number of tested specimens.