Volume 14, Number 6—June 2008
Dispatch
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection in Ixodes ricinus, Bavaria, Germany
Cornelia Silaghi*
, Jeremie Gilles*1, Michael Höhle*, Volker Fingerle*, Frank Thomas Just*, and Kurt Pfister*
, Jeremie Gilles*1, Michael Höhle*, Volker Fingerle*, Frank Thomas Just*, and Kurt Pfister*Table
Total Anaplasma phagocytophilum–infected Ixodes ricinus ticks per site, southern Germany, 2006*
| Study site | No. infected ticks/no. total ticks (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Females | Males | Nymphs | |
| A1 | 11/87 (12.64) | 5/88 (5.68) | 3/104 (2.88) |
| A2 | 10/149 (6.71) | 12/153 (7.84) | 3/150 (2.00) |
| A3 | 7/114 (6.14) | 4/105 (3.81) | 1/83 (1.20) |
| B | 8/80 (10.00) | 5/65 (7.69) | 0/42 |
| C | 1/68 (1.47) | 1/60 (1.67) | 0/96 |
| D | 5/150 (3.33) | 5/152 (3.29) | 2/142 (1.41) |
| E1 | 3/92 (3.26) | 1/101 (0.99) | 2/114 (1.75) |
| E2 | 5/122 (4.10) | 1/134 (0.75) | 0/140 |
| K | 1/30 (3.33) | 1/31 (3.23) | 0/30 |
| L | 1/30 (3.33) | 2/30 (6.67) | 0/30 |
| W |
2/30 (6.67) |
1/30 (3.33) |
0/30 |
| Total | 54/952 (5.67) | 38/949 (4.00) | 11/961 (1.14) |
*A1, A2, A3, English Garden in Munich; B, other park in Munich; C, D, E1, E2, periurban forest areas of Munich; W, K, L, forests outside of Munich (compare Figure 1).
