Table 3.
Prevalence of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) with serum antibodies to whole-cell Borrelia burgdorferi or recombinant protein 44 of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (as determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) or to whole-cell Babesia microti (as determined by indirect fluorescent antibody staining) at six sites in Connecticut, United States, 2007–2010.
| Sampling |
No. (%)a of mice with antibodies to: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counties | Years | Total mice captured 57 | B. burgdorferi | A. phagocytophilum | B. microti |
| Fairfield | 2007 | 57 | 45 (79) | 26 (46) | 29 (51) |
| 2008 | 66 | 49 (74) | 40 (61) | 41 (62) | |
| 2009 | 13 | 8 (62) | 7 (54) | 5 (39) | |
| 2010 | 91 | 62 (68) | 33 (36) | 35 (39) | |
| New Haven | 2007 | 52 | 50 (96) | 49 (94) | 46 (89) |
| 2008 | 82 | 69 (84) | 61 (74) | 58 (71) | |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 7 (78) | |
| 2010 | 69 | 57 (83) | 42 (61) | 53 (77) | |
| Tolland | 2007 | 31 | 20 (65) | 12 (39) | 11 (36) |
| 2008 | 44 | 27 (61) | 10 (23) | 8 (18) | |
| 2009 | 18 | 13 (72) | 15 (83) | 2 (11) | |
| 2010 | 29 | 13 (45) | 7 (24) | 8 (28) | |
| Totals | 561 | 422 (75) | 311 (55) | 303 (54) | |
a
Percent positive = the number of antibody-positive mice divided by total number of mice tested in the respective categories by year and county. Any one positive serum sample equals a positive mouse.