Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Research
Survey of Tickborne Infections in Denmark
Table 2
Regional distribution of Borrelia-, Anaplasma phagocytophilum–, and tickborne encephalitis (TBE)-complex virus–positive roe deer*
Region + state forest district | n | % Borrelia positive† | % A. phagocytophilum positive* | % A. phagocytophilum PCR positive | % TBE-complex virus HI-test positive |
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Jutland | |||||
Åbenrå | 14 | 21.4 | 100 | 21.4 | 14.3 |
Buderupholm | 7 | 71.4 | 100 | 30.0 | 0 |
Feldborg | 7 | 25.0 (n = 4) | 80.0 (n = 5) | 14.3 | 0 |
Fussingø | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0 |
Gråsten | 10 | 50.0 | 88.8 (n = 9) | 50.0 | 10 |
Haderslev | 26 | 16.0 (n = 25) | 91.7 (n = 24) | 61.5 | 16.0 |
Lindet | 8 | 25.0 | 100 | 50.0 | 12.5 |
Oxbøl | 13 | 46.2 | 100 | 53.8 | 0 |
Palsgård | 15 | 9.1 (n = 11) | 90.9 (n = 11) | 20.0 | 9.1 |
Randbøl | 12 | 16.7 | 100 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
Silkeborg | 5 | 60.0 | 100 | 80.0 | 20.0 |
Thy | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 0 |
Ulborg | 2 | 0 | 100 | 50.0 | 0 |
Funen | |||||
Fyn | 12 | 41.7 | 100 | 50.0 | 0 |
Zealand-Lolland-Falster | |||||
Falster | 17 | 46.7 (n = 15) | 100 (n = 16) | 41.2 | 6.3 |
Frederiksborg | 17 | 52.9 | 88.2 | 52..9 | 5.8 |
Jægersborg | 8 | 50.0 | 100 | 25.0 | 12.5 |
Kronborg | 9 | 55.6 | 100 | 66.6 | 0 |
København | 15 | 40.0 | 100 | 46.6 | 0 |
Odsherred | 5 | 80.0 | 100 | 80.0 | 0 |
Tisvilde | 7 | 42.9 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 0 |
Bornholm | 19 | 36.8 | 100 | 46.2 | 31.6 |
Region unknown | 2 |
*PCR, polymerase chain reaction; HI, hemagglutination inhibition.
†Because the amount of material received from some state forest districts was limited, not all samples were available for Borrelia and Anaplasma serologic testing. Where not all samples were tested, n is indicated in parentheses.