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Table 1 Distribution of B. burgdorferi sl infections in 1000 I. ricinus ticks collected in the city of Hannover

From: Establishment of a minor groove binder-probe based quantitative real time PCR to detect Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and differentiation of Borrelia spielmanii by osp A-specific conventional PCR

 

Larvae

(% pos.)

Nymphs

(% pos.)

Males

(% pos.)

Females

(% pos.)

Total adults

(% pos.)

% Positives

No.

60

507

229

204

433

 

DFM +

0

11 (2.2)

38 (16.6)

25 (12.3)

63 (14.5)

7.4

qPCR +

1 (1.7)

92 (18.1)

75 (32.8)

75 (37.8)

150 (34.6)

24.3

qPCR ?*

1

4

0

3

3

 
  1. *: Duplicates tested three times in qPCR with each time one positive and one negative sample.
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Parasites & Vectors

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