Update on epidemiology of canine babesiosis in Southern France

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Table 5 Prevalence of piroplasm infections in R. sanguineus and D. reticulatus ticks

Sample type	Site code^a	Piroplasm species detected in ticks^b
		B. canis	B. vogeli	Other
R. sanguineus ticks	DR	1/56 (1.8 %) - 1M	3/56 (5.4 %) - 1M, 2F	0/56 (0.0 %) - NA
	HG	0/6 (0.0 %) - NA	0/6 (0.0 %) - NA	0/6 (0.0 %) - NA
	GA^d	3/121 (2.5 %)^c - 3F	20/121 ^e (16.5 %) - 3M, 16F, 1N	0/121 (0.0 %) - NA
	CO	0/65 (0.0 %) - NA	3/65 (4.6 %) - 1M, 2F	0/65 (0.0 %) - NA
	Total	4/248 (1.6 %) - 1M, 3F	26/248 (10.5 %) - 5M, 20F, 1N	0/248 (0.0 %) - NA
D. reticulatus ticks	HG	2/28 (7.1 %) - 2F	0/28 (0.0 %) - NA	0/28 (0.0 %) - NA
	HP	1/3 (33.3 %) - 1F	0/3 (0.0 %) - NA	0/3 (0.0 %) - NA
	Total	3/31 (9.7 %) - 3F	0/31 (0.0 %) - NA	0/31 (0.0 %) - NA

NA not applicable
^aSite code (see Table 1 and Fig. 1 for details)
^bNumber of positive sample/Number analized (%) - Tick stages of positive samples (M, adult male; F, adult female; N, nymph; NA, not applicable)
^cThe 3 R. sanguineus ticks positive for B. canis specific PCR-RFLP were also positive for B. vogeli species specific PCR
^dOut of the 121 R. sanguineus ticks from Gard selected for piroplasm screening 107 were collected from dogs and 14 from the environment
^eAmong the 20 B. vogeli positive ticks, 18 were collected from dogs and 2 from the environment

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