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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Letter

Borrelia miyamotoi and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Romania

Zsuzsa KalmárComments to Author , Hein Sprong, Andrei D. Mihalca, Călin M. Gherman, Mirabela O. Dumitrache, Elena C. Coipan, Manoj Fonville, and Vasile Cozma
Author affiliations: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Z. Kalmár, A.D. Mihalca, C.M. Gherman, M.O. Dumitrache, V. Cozma); National Institute of Public Health and Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (H. Sprong, E.C. Coipan, M. Fonville)

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Table

Prevalence of 3 bacterial species in questing Ixodes ricinus in 14 localities, Romania

Locality (county) No. ticks tested (nymphs, males, females) No. (%) ticks positive, by bacterial species
Borrelia miyamotoi Anaplasma phagocytophilum Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis
Cugir (Alba) 19 (8, 4, 7) 0 2 (10.53) 1 (5.26)
Vladimirescu (Arad) 17 (0, 5, 12) 0 2 (11.76) 0
Bicaci (Bihor) 23 (12, 5, 6) 0 4 (17.4) 0
Bistrița (Bistriţa-Năsăud) 30 (0, 10, 20) 0 0 0
Poiana Mărului (Brașov) 66 (0,10, 56) 2 (3.03) 0 0
Vultureni (Cluj) 44 (3, 10, 31) 1 (2.27) 3 (6.82) 2 (4.55)
Micești (Cluj) 62 (0, 15, 47) 1 (1.62) 0 2 (3.23)
Reșița (Caraș-Severin) 21 (0, 10, 11) 0 0 0
Corund (Harghita) 59 (7, 17, 37) 0 1 (1.7) 4 (6.78)
Bistra (Maramureș) 26 (1, 10, 15) 0 0 0
Icland (Mureș) 37 (6, 5, 26) 2 (5.41) 4 (10.81) 8 (21.62)
Mediaș (Sibiu) 12 (2, 4, 6) 1 (8.33) 0 2 (16.67)
Rătești (Satu Mare) 22 (7, 10, 15) 0 0 1 (4.55)
Lugoj (Timiș) 30 (0, 11, 19) 0 0 5 (16.67)
Total 468 (46, 126, 296) 7 (1.5) 16 (3.42) 25 (5.34)

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