Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Rickettsia spp. in Ticks, Poland
Tomasz Chmielewski
, Edyta Podsiadly, Grzegorz Karbowiak, and Stanislawa Tylewska-Wierzbanowska
, Edyta Podsiadly, Grzegorz Karbowiak, and Stanislawa Tylewska-WierzbanowskaTable 2
Rickettsia spp. detected in ticks (N = 214) from 3 regions of Poland, 2005–2007
| Rickettsia sp. | Total no. (%) ticks positive | Białowieża,* Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (n = 60), no. (%) positive | Radomsko,† Ixodes ricinus ticks (n = 47), no. (%) positive | Warszawa,‡ I. ricinus ticks (n = 107), no. (%) positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. helvetica | 7 (3.3) | 0 | 4 (8.5) | 3 (2.8) |
| R. slovaca | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (2.1) | 0 |
| R. raoultii | 62 (29.0) | 34 (56.7) | 3 (6.4) | 25 (23.4) |
*Eastern Poland.
†Southern Poland.
‡Central Poland.
