. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2010 Dec 1;1(4):159–167. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.09.004

Table 2.

Relative abundance of D. occidentalis adults collected by flagging low vegetation in 4 dense woodlands, Hopland area, California, 12 May to 4 June 2005, and prevalence of infection with B. burgdorferi or Anaplasma spp. in 43% of those ticks.

Site (n^a)	Number of ticks collected by sex^b	Mean number ticks per hour (range)	Number of ticks PCR-positive/number tested (percentage positive)		Species of Anaplasma^c

			B. burgdorferi	Anaplasma spp.
Beasley (2)	49 (21m, 28f)	24.5 (12–37)	0/46	0/46	–
Hunt Club (3.75)	43 (21m, 22f)	11.5 (8–17)^d	0/43	1/43 (2.3)	Ao
James II (17)	203 (99m, 104f)	11.9 (3–21)	0/33	1/33 (3.0)	Ab
Maude (4.5)	10 (6m, 4f)	2.2 (0–4)	0/10	1/10 (10.0)	Ab
Total (27.25)	305 (147m, 158f)	11.2 (0–37)	0/132	3/132 (2.3)	2 Ab, 1 Ao

Number of hours spent flagging at each site.

m, male; f, female.

Determined by sequencing analysis; Ab, A. bovis; Ao, A. ovis.

Number of ticks for one sample extrapolated from 0.75 hour.