Table 5. Blood meal source in pathogen-positive Amblyomma americanum nymphs, Missouri, USA, 2005 and 2007–2008.
Host | No. A. americanum nymphs infected |
||
---|---|---|---|
Ehrlichia chaffeensis | E. ewingii | Borrelia lonestari | |
Ruminantia | 8 | 12 | 4 |
Sciurus | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Leporidae | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Passeriformes | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Squamata/testudines | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mixed | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Not identified |
4 |
8 |
9 |
Total | 19 | 31 | 18 |