From: First records of tick-borne pathogens in populations of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus in Sweden
Location | Stagea | No. of ticks examined | No. (%) of positive ticks | No. (%) of positive ticks containing Borrelia species determined by nucleotide sequencing | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. afzelii | B. garinii | B. valaisiana | Mixed | Untypeable | ||||
Axelsvik | AM | 1 | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | AF | 1 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | N | 1 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Båtskärsnäs | AM | 2 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Seskarö | AF | 1 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Stora Hamnskär | AM | 1 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Västra Knivskär | AM | 18 | 3 (17) |  | 1 (33) |  | 1 (33) | 1 (33) |
 | AF | 16c | 2 (13) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) |  |  |  |
 | N | 8b | 3 (43) | 1 (33) |  |  |  | 2 (66) |
Östra Knivskär | N | 2c | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Ytterstlandet | AM | 114 | 71 (62) | 30 (42) | 29 (40) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 10 (14) |
 | AF | 108 | 71 (66) | 37 (52) | 21 (30) |  |  | 13 (18) |
 | N | 4 | 2 (50) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) |  |  |  |
All locations | AM | 136 | 74 (54) | 30 (41) | 30 (41) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 11 (15) |
 | AF | 126 | 73 (58) | 38 (52) | 22 (30) |  |  | 13 (18) |
 | N | 15 | 5 (33) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) |  |  | 2 (40) |
Total no. of specimens | Â | 277 | 152 (55) | 70 (46) | 53 (35) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 26 (17) |