Research Article
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) |
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n, number of tested specimens.
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