Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Dispatch
Candidatus Cryptoplasma Associated with Green Lizards and Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Slovakia, 2004–2011
Božena Kočíková, Igor Majláth, Bronislava Víchová, Lenka Maliničová, Peter Pristaš, Vincent A. Connors, and Viktória Majláthová
Table 2
Prevalence of family Anaplasmataceae bacteria in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from green lizards and surrounding vegetation, Slovakia, 2004–2011
| Tick source, type | No. ticks examined | No. (%) positive ticks | No. (%) positive ticks |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidatus Cryptoplasma | Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Wolbachia pipientis | Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis | |||
| Lizards | ||||||
| Larvae | 118 | 43 (36.4) | 43 (100) | – | – | – |
| Nymphs | 117 | 44 (37.6) | 44 (100) | – | – | – |
| Total |
235 |
87 (37) |
87 (100) |
– |
– |
– |
| Vegetation | ||||||
| Nymphs | 132 | 8 (6.1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Males | 76 | 4 (5.3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Females | 63 | 6 (9.5) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Adults | 139 | 10 (7.2) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 271 | 18 (6.6) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
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