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. 2022 May 5;48(5):208–218. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v48i05a04

Table 6. Infection prevalence of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks collected in active surveillance, by province, Canada, 2019a,b.

Province Infection prevalence
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Babesia microti Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia miyamotoi Powassan virus
Number positive tick/number tick tested % Number positive tick/number tick tested % Number positive tick/number tick tested % Number positive tick/number tick tested % Number positive tick/number tick tested %
Ixodes pacificus
British Columbia 0/10 0 0/10 0 0/10 0 0/10 0 0/10 0
Ixodes scapularis
Manitoba 0/3 0 0/3 0 0/3 0 0/3 0 0/3 0
Ontario 14/406 3.5 0/397 0 126/410 30.7 1/410 0.2 0/188 0
Québec 2/141 1.4 0/141 0 28/141 19.8 1/141 0.7 0/141 0
New Brunswick 8/194 4.1 0/194 0 41/194 21.1 3/194 1.6 0/194 0
Nova Scotia 7/169 4.1 0/169 0 46/169 27.2 0/169 0 1/169 0.6
Prince Edward Island 0/2 0 0/2 0 0/2 0 0/2 0 0/2 0
Total 31/915 3.4 0/906 0 241/919 26.2 5/919 0.5 1/697 0.1

a No I. scapularis or I. pacificus ticks were collected or tested in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Newfoundland and Labrador through active surveillance. No active surveillance was conducted in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut for I. scapularis or I. pacificus ticks

b Infection prevalence is influenced by varying level of effort of active surveillance between provinces and seasonal variation when active surveillance took place. Infection prevalence should be interpreted with caution as not all active surveillance conducted in 2019 in Canada is included