Table 3.
Collection data by province for I. scapularis ticks submitted through passive surveillance in 2012
|
Province |
Total no. ticks |
Instar* |
State of engorgement † |
Host |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larvae | Nymphs | Adults | Unfed | Fed | Dog | Cat | Human | Other | ||
| AB |
87 |
|
|
87 |
|
87 |
78 |
9 |
|
|
| MB |
170 |
|
13 |
152 |
51 |
115 |
98 |
16 |
53 |
1 |
| ON |
2591 |
4 |
97 |
2482 |
1397 |
1183 |
445 |
28 |
2102 |
7 |
| NB |
366 |
|
14 |
350 |
76 |
285 |
187 |
21 |
123 |
7 |
| NL |
33 |
|
1 |
32 |
3 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
3 |
|
| NS |
34 |
|
|
34 |
9 |
24 |
21 |
|
13 |
|
| PEI |
178 |
|
1 |
176 |
8 |
168 |
139 |
28 |
11 |
|
| QC |
1479 |
|
13 |
1465 |
297 |
1179 |
919 |
129 |
427 |
3 |
| Total | 4938 | 4 | 139 | 4778 | 1841 | 3071 | 1907 | 241 | 2732 | 18 |
*Of the adult ticks 61 were males the rest females and for 17 ticks the instar was not recorded.
†For 26 ticks the state of engorgement was not recorded.
AB = Alberta, MB = Manitoba, ON = Ontario, NB = New Brunswick, NL = Newfoundland & Labrador, NS = Nova Scotia, PEI = Prince Edward Island, QC = Quebec, Ap = A. phagocytophilum, Bb = B. burgdorferi and Bm = B. miyamotoi.