Journal: Parasites & Vectors

Article Title: Tick-borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas

doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3131-y

Figure Lengend Snippet: Geographical distribution of the analysed samples with collection information (coordinates) provided by citizens ( n = 3418). Blue dots indicate collection points of I. ricinus samples and red dots I. persulcatus . a Map showing the geographical distribution of all samples analysed: I. ricinus ( n = 1997) and I. persulcatus ( n = 1421). Overall infection rates within the latitudes are shown in the left. 1: I. ricinus -dominated area; 2: sympatric area; and 3: I. persulcatus- dominated area are lined in the right. The following maps show the geographical distribution of the observed pathogens in the tick samples: b Borrelia garinii ( n = 200); c B. afzelii ( n = 149); d B. valaisiana ( n = 25); e B. burgdorferi ( s.s. ) ( n = 13); f Rickettsia helvetica ( n = 231); g “ Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae” ( n = 20) and R. monacensis ( n = 3) as triangles; h Anaplasma phagocytophilum ( n = 12); i “ Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” ( n = 17); j Babesia venatorum ( n = 7) and B. divergens ( n = 2) as triangles

Article Snippet: The following maps show the geographical distribution of the observed pathogens in the tick samples: b Borrelia garinii ( n = 200); c B. afzelii ( n = 149); d B. valaisiana ( n = 25); e B. burgdorferi ( s.s. ) ( n = 13); f Rickettsia helvetica ( n = 231); g “ Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae” ( n = 20) and R. monacensis ( n = 3) as triangles; h Anaplasma phagocytophilum ( n = 12); i “ Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” ( n = 17); j Babesia venatorum ( n = 7) and B. divergens ( n = 2) as triangles DNA was extracted from the tick samples using NucleoSpin® RNA kits and RNA/DNA buffer sets (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, USA), following the kit protocols (RNA Kit: Rev.

Techniques: Infection