Figure 1

Geographical distribution of clinical babesiosis cases as reported by (a) farmers and (b) veterinary practitioners in the present survey and (c) in surveys carried out by Gray and Harte [19] (reproduced with kind permission of the Irish Veterinary Journal). 1a: The unit of representation is a District Electoral Division, colours indicate the number of cases that occurred on each farm in the last 12 months; 1b: Colours indicate the average number of cases attended by each veterinarian in the last 12 months, n indicates the number of responses per county; 1c: Figures in brackets represent percentage incidence according to the farm survey and Taylor[26], circles and triangles represent clinical babesiosis cases treated by veterinary practices (open circles: <100 cases per year, triangles: 100–300 cases per year; closed circles: >300 cases per year).