Volume 18, Number 10—October 2012
Letter
Bartonella spp. Infection Rate and B. grahamii in Ticks
Elisabeth Janecek, Andreas Mietze, Ralph Goethe, Thomas Schnieder1, and Christina Strube
Table
Seasonal distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks infected with Bartonella spp., Hanover, Germany, 2010*
| Ticks | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. infected ticks/no. tested (%) | 5/300 (1.67) | 38/300 (12.67) | 7/300 (2.33) | 10/300 (3.33) | 5/300 (1.67) | 17/300 (5.67) | 18/300 (6.00) | 100/2,100 (4.76) |
| No. (%) adults positive | 1/88 (1.14) | 8/48 (16.67) | 0/39 | 0/41 | 2/56 (3.57) | 3/53 (5.66) | 4/47 (8.51) | 18/372 (4.84) |
| No. (%) females | 1/32 (3.13) | 3/19 (15.79) | 0/20 | 0/17 | 1/32 (3.13) | 2/28 (7.14) | 2/29 (6.90) | 9/177 (5.08) |
| No. (%) males | 0/56 | 5/29 (17.24) | 0/19 | 0/24 | 1/24 (4.17) | 1/25 (4.00) | 2/18 (11.11) | 9/195 (4.62) |
| No. (%) nymphs | 3/203 (1.48) | 30/248 (12.10) | 7/261 (2.68) | 10/259 (3.86) | 3/244 (1.23) | 14/240 (5.83) | 13/243 (5.35) | 80/1,698 (4.71) |
| No. (%) larvae | 1/9 (11.11) | 0/4 | ND | ND | ND | 0/7 | 1/10 (10.00) | 2/30 (6.67) |
*ND, testing not done.
1Deceased.
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