TABLE 2.

Quantification of Anaplasma in saliva of transmission-fed Dermacentor andersoni^a

Strain	Salivary glands		Saliva
	Infection rateb (no. positive/no. tested)	Infection levelc (mean ± SD)	Infection rated (no. positive/no. tested)	Infection levele (mean ± SD)
St. Maries	100 (25/25)	107.5 ± 0.62	96 (24/25)	104.1 ± 0.86
Israel vaccine	92 (46/50)	106.5 ± 0.69	30 (15/50)	103.1 ± 0.49

^aThe salivary glands and saliva represent the same cohort of ticks.

^bPercentage of fed ticks that were infected.

^cNumber of bacteria per salivary gland pair.

^dPercentage of fed ticks that secreted bacteria in the saliva.

^eNumber of bacteria per μl of saliva.