Retrospective molecular analyses of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from patients admitted to the Centre for Tick-Borne Diseases in Central Europe, Hungary (1999-2021), in relation to clinical symptoms.

Parasit Vectors · 2025 · PMC12180167 · PMID 40542430

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nearly significantP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

This means a nearly significant ( P = 0.06) association of fever with this pathogen (3 of 18 [16.7%; 95% CI 3.6–41.4%] A. phagocytophilum -infected tick-bitten humans presenting with fever, whereas only 5 out of 126 [4%; 95% CI 1.3–9%] with symptoms relating to other tick-borne pathogens).

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