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. 2012 Jul 10;5:139. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-139

Table 1.

Almost a third of each Ixodid ticksaspecies collected from Arkansas canines and white-tailed deer generated amplicons by PCR for theBorrelia flaBgene indicating Borreliae are endemic to Arkansas

Tick species No. PCR positive ticks / No. Screened forflaB(%)
Larvae Nymphs Males Females Adultsa Total
Ticks Collected from Canines
Amblyomma spp.
0 / 18 (0 %)
4 / 15 (26.7 %)
2 / 11 (18.2 %)
0 / 7 (0 %)
2 / 11 (18.2 %)
8 / 62 (12.9 %)
Amblyomma americanum
0 / 0 (0 %)
37 / 162 (22.8 %)
58 / 237 (24.5 %)
56 / 233 (24 %)
0 / 2(0 %)
151 / 634 (23.8 %)
Amblyomma maculatum
0 / 2 (0 %)
2 / 9 (22.2 %)
22 / 95 (23.2 %)
2 / 9 (22.2 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
26 / 115 (22.6 %)
Dermacentor variabilis
0 / 1 (0 %)
0 / 41 (0 %)
7 / 52 (13.5 %)
11 / 84 (13.1 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
18 / 178 (10.1 %)
Ixodes scapularis
0 / 0 (0 %)
3 / 7 (42.9 %)
21 / 42 (50 %)
18 / 69 (26.1 %)
1 / 3 (33.3 %)
43 / 121 (35.5 %)
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
0 / 0 (0 %)
28 / 97 (28.9 %)
19 / 94 (20.2 %)
22 / 105 (21 %)
9 / 21 (42.9 %)
78 / 317 (24.6 %)
Total
0 / 21 (0 %)
74 / 331 (22.4 %)
129 / 531 (24.3 %)
109 / 507 (21.5 %)
12 / 37 (32.4 %)
324 / 1427 (22.7 %)
Ticks Collected from White-tailed Deer
Amblyomma spp.
0 / 0 (0 %)
4 / 7 (57.1 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
1 / 1 (100 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
5 / 8 (62.5 %)
Amblyomma americanum
0 / 0 (0 %)
0 / 2 (0 %)
2 / 7 (28.6 %)
8 / 14 (57.1 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
10 / 23 (43.5 %)
Amblyomma maculatum
0 / 0 (0 %)
0 / 1 (0 %)
9 / 35 (25.7 %)
15 / 28 (53.6 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
24 / 64 (37.5 %)
Dermacentor variabilis
0 / 0 (0 %)
0 / 2 (0 %)
0 / 2 (0 %)
1 / 2 (50 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
1 / 6 (16.7 %)
Ixodes scapularis
0 / 1 (0 %)
4 / 6 (66.7 %)
86 / 231 (37.2 %)
119 / 333 (35.7 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
209 / 571 (36.6 %)
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
0 / 0 (0 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
5 / 10 (50 %)
5 / 14 (35.7 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
10 / 24 (41.7 %)
Total
0 / 1 (0 %)
8 / 18 (44.4 %)
102 / 285 (35.8 %)
149 / 392 (38 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
259 / 696 (37.2 %)
Total Ticks Collected from Canines and White-tailed Deer
Amblyomma spp.
0 / 18 (0 %)
8 / 22 (36.4 %)
2 / 11 (18.2 %)
1 / 8 (12.5 %)
2 / 11 (18.2 %)
13 / 70 (18.6 %)
Amblyomma americanum
0 / 0 (0 %)
37 / 164 (22.6 %)
60 / 244 (24.6 %)
64 / 247 (25.9 %)
0 / 2 (0 %)
161 / 657 (24.5 %)
Amblyomma maculatum
0 / 2 (0 %)
2 / 10 (20 %)
31 / 130 (23.8 %)
17 / 37 (45.9 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
50 / 179 (27.9 %)
Dermacentor variabilis
0 / 1 (0 %)
0 / 43 (0 %)
7 / 54 (13 %)
12 / 86 (14 %)
0 / 0 (0 %)
19 / 184 (10.3 %)
Ixodes scapularis
0 / 1 (0 %)
7 / 13 (53.8 %)
107 / 273 (39.2 %)
137 / 402 (34.1 %)
1 / 3 (33.3 %)
252 / 692 (36.4 %)
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
0 / 0 (0 %)
28 / 97 (28.9 %)
24 / 104 (23.1 %)
27 / 119 (22.7 %)
9 / 21 (42.9 %)
88 / 341 (25.8 %)
Total 0 / 22 (0 %) 82 / 349 (23.5 %) 231 / 816 (28.3 %) 258 / 899 (28.7 %) 12 / 37 (32.4 %) 583 / 2123 (27.5 %)

a Damaged adult specimens could not be properly sexed.