Table 2.
Prevalence of serum antibodies to whole-cell Borrelia burgdorferi or recombinant protein 44 Anaplasma phagocytophilum (as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) or to whole-cell Babesia microti (as determined by indirect fluorescent antibody staining) in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) captured in Connecticut, United States.
| Sampling |
Total sera testeda |
No. (%) sera with antibodies to: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns (counties) | Years | Months | B. burgdorferi | A. phagocytophilum | B. microti | |
| Redding | 2007 | July | 43 | 36 (84) | 18 (42) | 27 (63) |
| (Fairfield) | August | 28 | 25 (89) | 14 (50) | 10 (36) | |
| North Branford | 2007 | July | 37 | 35 (95) | 31 (84) | 31 (84) |
| (New Haven) | August | 48 | 47 (98) | 41 (85) | 39 (81) | |
| Storrs (Tolland) | 2007 | August | 33 | 24 (73) | 12 (36) | 11 (33) |
| Redding | 2008 | June | 32 | 18 (56) | 16 (50) | 9 (28) |
| July | 19 | 13 (68) | 8 (42) | 11 (58) | ||
| August | 22 | 17 (77) | 14 (64) | 11 (50) | ||
| North Branford | 2008 | July | 81 | 64 (79) | 60 (74) | 44 (54) |
| August | 33 | 29 (88) | 25 (76) | 27 (82) | ||
| Storrs | 2008 | August | 48 | 33 (69) | 10 (21) | 7 (15) |
a
Includes multiple sera per mouse from a subset of recaptured mice. A minimum of 19 sera were required for a table listing.