Table 4. Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi infection in Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks submitted through passive surveillance, by province, Canada, 2020a.
Province | Infection prevalence Maximum likelihood estimate |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Babesia microti | Borrelia burgdorferi | Borrelia miyamotoi | |||||
% | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
Ixodes pacificus | ||||||||
British Columbia | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0–0.54 | 0.14 | 0.01–0.68 |
Ixodes scapularis | ||||||||
Alberta | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Saskatchewan | 14.29 | 0.85–51.51 | 0 | 0–35.43 | 42.86 | 12.96–77.51 | 0 | 0–35.43 |
Ontario | 0.73 | 0.49–1.04 | 0.03 | 0–0.13 | 17.78 | 16.56–19.04 | 0.46 | 0.28–0.72 |
Québec | 1.24 | 0.63–2.19 | 0 | 0–0.47 | 19.50 | 16.87–22.35 | 0.62 | 0.23–1.36 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0–48.99 | 0 | 0–48.99 | 25.00 | 1.52–73.74 | 0 | 0–48.99 |
New Brunswick | 1.17 | 0.48–2.40 | 0 | 0–0.74 | 8.97 | 6.72–11.68 | 0.58 | 0.15–1.57 |
Nova Scotia | 0 | 0–9.64 | 0 | 0–9.64 | 25.00 | 13.03–40.81 | 0 | 0–9.64 |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0–20.15 | 0 | 0–20.15 | 0 | 0–20.15 | 0 | 0–20.15 |
Total | 0.87 | 0.45–1.15 | 0.02 | 0–0.09 | 17.19 | 16.17–18.26 | 0.49 | 0.33–0.71 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; N/A, not tested
a Number of ticks tested: British Columbia (n=705), Alberta (n=0), Saskatchewan (n=7), Ontario (n=3,705–3,713), Québec (n=809), Newfoundland and Labrador (n=4), New Brunswick (n=514–516), Nova Scotia (n=36), Prince Edward Island (n=15)