Table 1 Number of Rickettsia spp. - infected ticks collected from birds in the Danube Delta, Romania (total number of analyzed ticks in parentheses)
From: Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks of migratory birds in Romania
Developmental stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tick species | Larva | Nymph | Female | Total |
Haemaphysalis concinna | 1 (2) | – | – | 1 (2) |
Ixodes arboricola | 5 (10) | 1 (15) | – | 6 (25) |
Ixodes redikorzevi | 1 (4) | – | – | 1 (4) |
Ixodes ricinus | 1 (181) | 46 (180) | 1 (8) | 48 (369) |
Total | 8 (197) | 47 (195) | 1 (8) | 56 (400) |