Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Seasonal Dynamics of Anaplasma phagocytophila in a Rodent-Tick (Ixodes trianguliceps) System, United Kingdom

Kevin J. Bown*

, Michael Begon*, Malcolm Bennett*, Zerai Woldehiwet*, and Nicholas H. Ogden*

Author affiliations: *University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Figure 2

Prevalence of infection of Anaplasma phagocytophila (bar graphs +/- exact binomial errors) in blood samples collected from bank voles (graph marked a) and wood mice (graph marked b) compared to the mean monthly numbers of nymphal and adult Ixodes trianguliceps ticks counted per rodent at the time blood samples were collected (line graphs), 1997–1998.

Figure 2. Prevalence of infection of Anaplasma phagocytophila (bar graphs +/- exact binomial errors) in blood samples collected from bank voles (graph marked a) and wood mice (graph marked b) compared to the mean monthly numbers of nymphal and adult Ixodes trianguliceps ticks counted per rodent at the time blood samples were collected (line graphs), 1997–1998.

Main Article

Top of Page

The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.