Table 3.

Total fungal growth of plated ticks collected from Bridgeport, CT, the Louis Calder Center in Armonk, NY, and from deer in Branford, CT

	Bridge port	Louis Calder Center	From deer	Total
No. adult ticks plated	280	90	30	400
No. adult ticks with fungal growth	54	12	8	74
Percent adults with fungal growth	19.3	13.3	26.7	18.5
No. nymphal ticks plated	56	32	NA	88
No. nymphal ticks with fungal growth	0	7	NA	7
Percent nymphs with fungal growth	0	22	NA	8

Fungal cultures were grown on half-strength PDA containing a penicillin-streptomycin solution.

NA, not applicable.