Skip to main content

Table 2 B. japonica detection in I. ovatus DNA samples by tick collection sites in Niigata prefecture, Japan (2016–2018)

From: Distribution pattern and diversity of Borrelia spp. detected from ticks in Niigata prefecture, Japan

Collection Site No

I. ovatus

Infection rate (%)

Male

Female

Nimph

Larvae

 

infected

collected

infected

collected

   

Kaetsu

 1

 

1

 

3

   

 2

 

1

 

2

   

 3

 

1

 

6

   

 4

 

0

 

0

   

 5

 

4

 

5

   

 6

 

3

 

7

   

 7

 

10

 

7

   

 8

 

3

 

1

   

 9

 

1

1

3

   

 10

1

3

 

1

   

 11

 

46

 

53

   

 12

 

15

1

19

   

 13

 

0

 

0

   

 14

 

33

 

46

   
 

1/121(0.8)

2/153(1.3)

  

3/274 (1.09)

Chuetsu

 15

 

13

3

7

   

 16

 

3

 

4

   

 17

 

13

 

10

   

 18

 

8

 

6

   

 19

1

15

3

20

   

 20

       

 21

 

10

2

5

   

 22

 

2

1

3

   

 23

 

5

 

7

   

 24

       

 25

   

2

   

 26

1

2

1

9

   

 27

1

16

3

19

   

 28

 

1

 

1

   

 29

1

18

1

22

5

  

 30

 

3

 

2

2

  

 31

 

4

1

6

   
 

4/113 (3.5)

15/123 (12.2)

7

 

19/236 (8.05)

Joetsu

 32

2

16

1

28

   

 33

       

 34

4

25

7

26

   

 35

 

4

 

2

   

 36

1

5

3

6

   

 37

       

 38

       
 

7/50 (14.0)

11/62 (17.7)

0

0

18/112 (16.07)

Sado

 39

 

7

2

29

   

 40

   

2

   

 41

 

4

 

4

   
 

0/11 (0)

2/35 (5.7)

0

0

2/46 (4.35)

Total

12/295 (4.1)

30/373 (8.0)

7*

675

42/668 (6.3)

  1. *Samples from larvae and nymph stage were not included in calculations