Table 1.
Infection prevalence (including co-infections) in Ixodes scapularis nymphs and adults collected from Hunterdon County, NJ, during 2020 and 2021.
| 2020 |
2021 |
All nymphs | All adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nymphs | Adults | Nymphs | Adults | |||
| Total no. tested | 126 | 308 | 106 | 122 | 232 | 430 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | 26.2 (33) | 53.6 (165) | 8.5 (9) | 36.1 (44) | 16.8 (39) | 48.6 (209) |
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 16.7 (21) | 15.6 (48) | 0.9 (1) | 8.2 (10) | 9.5 (22) | 13.5 (58) |
| Babesia microti | 5.6 (7) | 6.5 (20) | 0 (0) | 4.1 (5) | 3.0 (7) | 6.0 (25) |
| Borrelia miyamotoi | 0.8 (1) | 3.6 (11) | 0.9 (1) | 2.5 (3) | 0.9 (2) | 3.3 (14) |
| Powassan virus | 0 (0) | 1.3 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.9 (4) |
| Total no. infected | 38.1 (48) | 62.3 (192) | 10.4 (11) | 48.4 (59) | 25.4 (59) | 58.4 (251) |
Note: Values represent infection prevalence (IP = percent infected) followed by number of infected ticks in parentheses.