Table 3.
Relative abundance of D. occidentalis adults collected by flagging chaparral abutting 4 dense woodlands, Hopland area, California, 12 to 26 May 2005, and prevalence of infection with B. burgdorferi or Anaplasma spp. in >50% of those ticks.
| Site (na) | Number of ticks collected by sexb |
Number of ticks positive/number tested (percentage positive) |
Species of Anaplasmac |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. burgdorferi | Anaplasma spp. | |||
| Beasley (2) | 86 (47m, 39f) | 0/41 | 2/41 (4.9) | 2 Ab |
| Hunt Club (1) | 77 (38m, 39f) | 1/39 (2.6) | 1/39 (2.6) | Ao |
| James II (1) | 38 (20m, 18f) | 0/38 | 0/38 | – |
| Maude (1) | 81 (40m, 41f) | 0/38 | 6/38 (15.8) | 6 Ab |
| Total (5) | 282 (145m, 137f) | 1/156 (0.6) | 9/156 (5.8) | 8 Ab, 1 Ao |
a
Number of hours spent flagging each site.
b
m, male; f, female.
b
Determined by sequencing analysis; Ab, A. bovis; Ao, A. ovis.