Table 1.

Summary of tick collections and PCR status of I. scapularis nymphs on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

County	Site Number	Habitat Type	Ixodes scapularis nymphs	Ixodes scapularis adults	Dermacentor variabilis adults	Amblyomma americanum adults	Metastriate nymphs	Larvae (Y/N)	B.b.	Rickettsia spp. (SFG)	A.p.	Bartonella spp.	B.m.
All Sites Total			348	7	109	276	1973		51	68 (43)	1	3	0
Caroline	108	Deciduous	40	2	9	7	79	N	6	4 (2)	0	0	0
	109	Mixed forest	4	0	1	4	72	N	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		44	2	10	11	151		6	4 (2)	0	0	0
Dorchester	103	Deciduous	2	0	2	8	27	N	0	0	0	0	0
	104	Mixed forest	2	1	6	3	38	N	0	0	0	0	0
	126	Mixed forest	0	0	3	0	41	Y	0	0	0	0	0
	127	Mixed forest	0	0	0	0	139	Y	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	1	11	11	245		0	0	0	0	0
Kent	110	Pine	60	2	8	4	86	N	8	4 (4)	1	0	0
	111	Deciduous	0	0	2	0	0	N	0	0	0	0	0
	112	Deciduous	0	1	0	1	0	N	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		60	3	10	5	86		8	4 (4)	1	0	0
Queen Anne's	101	Mixed forest	69	1	48	156	394	N	17	29 (24)	0	2	0
	102	Mixed forest	62	0	3	9	33	N	5	3 (2)	0	0	0
	105	Mixed forest	15	0	1	3	4	N	1	0	0	0	0
	106	Mixed forest	33	0	13	13	125	N	9	3 (2)	0	0	0
	107	Deciduous	28	0	1	45	351	N	1	1 (0)	0	1	0
	114	Deciduous	17	0	3	0	19	Y	1	17 (5)	0	0	0
	124	Deciduous	0	0	0	0	3	N	0	0	0	0	0
	125	Deciduous	0	0	0	0	8	N	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		224	1	69	226	937		34	53 (33)	0	3	0
Somerset	120	Deciduous	1	0	0	1	280	Y	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
	121	Deciduous	3	0	0	2	223	Y	1	1 (0)	0	0	0
	Total		4	0	0	3	503		1	2 (0)	0	0	o
Talbot	113	Mixed forest	5	0	1	8	39	Y	0	1 (0)	0	0	0
	Total		5	0	1	8	39		0	1 (0)	0	0	o
Wicomico	115	Mixed forest	2	0	2	1	28	N	1	2 (2)	0	0	0
	116	Mixed forest	2	0	1	0	33	N	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
	117	Mixed forest	1	0	2	9	91	N	1	0	0	0	0
	118	Pine	0	0	0	0	10	Y	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		5	0	5	10	162		2	3 (3)	0	0	0
Worcester	119	Mixed forest	0	0	1	0	36	Y	0	0	0	0	0
	122	Mixed forest	2	0	1	0	17	Y	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
	123	Mixed forest	0	0	1	2	20	Y	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	3	2	73		0	1 (1)	0	0	0

Abbreviations: B.b. - Borrelia burgdorferi; A.p. - Anaplasma phagocytophilum ; B.m. - Babesia microti