Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Borrelia lusitaniae and Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis), Karst Region, Slovakia
Viktória Majláthová*
, Igor Majláth†, Marketa Derdáková*‡, Bronislava Víchová*, and Branislav Peťko*
, Igor Majláth†, Marketa Derdáková*‡, Bronislava Víchová*, and Branislav Peťko*Table 3
Variability of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in questing ticks
| Stage | No. ticks examined | No. positive ticks (%) | No. ticks positive for genospecies (% of positive ticks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. valaisiana | B. burgdorferi s.s. | B. lusitaniae | B. valaisiana + B. garinii | |||
| Nymphs | 183 | 31 (19.6) | 13 (41.9) | 12 (38.7) | 2 (6.4) | 3 (9.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.2) |
| Females | 71 | 16 (22.5) | 4 (25) | 4 (25) | 3 (18.7) | 3 (18.7) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) |
| Males | 71 | 16 (22.5) | 2 (12.5) | 5 (31.3) | 2 (12.5) | 2 (12.5) | 5 (31.3) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 325 | 63 (19.3) | 19 (30.2) | 21 (33.3) | 7 (11.1) | 8 (12.6) | 7 (11.1) | 1 (1.5) |
