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. 2008 Apr 23;8:54. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-54

Table 1.

Summary of test results for ticks collected from vegetation. Amblyomma americanum adults were collected from vegetation and tested for the presence of the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia sp.

Collection State # Ticks (M/F) # POS (M/F) % POS
Florida 151 (57/94) 1 (1/0) 0.66%
Georgia 705 (292/413) 6 (3/3) 0.85%
Kentucky 6 (1/5) 1 (0/1) 16.7%
New Jersey 120 (68/52) 2 (2/0) 1.67%
New York 475 (246/229) 4 (4/0) 0.84%
North Carolina 383 (152/231) 0 0%
South Carolina 80 (37/43) 0 0%
Texas 44 (14/30) 0 0%

 TOTAL 1964 (867/1097) 14 (10/4) 0.71%

Results are summarized here by state of collection and gender (M = male, F = female).