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Table 5 Serological analyses in cases and controls *

From: Persistent self-reported health complaints in Norwegians who attribute their symptoms to tick bites or tick-borne disease– a cross-sectional controlled study

Serological Analyses

Cases

Controls

p-value

Borrelia burgdorferi

175/385 (45.5)

626/2800 (22.4)

< 0.001

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

13/385 (3.4)

114/1088 (10.5)

< 0.001

Bartonella

3/385 (0.8)

2/1089 (0.2)

0.115

Rickettsia

42/385 (10.9)

41/1085 (3.8)

< 0.001

Coxiella burnetii

0/385 (0.0)

1/73 (1.4)

0.159

Tick-borne encephalitis virus

35/385 (9.1)

35/1092 (3.2)

< 0.001

Fransiscella tularensis

22/385 (5.7)

3/73 (4.1)

0.781

Babesia divergens

14/285 (4.9)

NA

NA

Babesia microti

9/385 (2.3)

26/1152 (2.3)

0.927

  1. *P-values calculated by Chi-squared or Fisher’s exact test when appropriate
  2. NA means not applicable. The numbers in parentheses are percent (%)