Table. Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi among Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from white-tailed deer, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, USA.
Origin of ticks | Year | No. B. miyamotoi–positive ticks/no. tested (% positive) |
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M | F | Total | ||
Questing on vegetation | 2010 | 1/65 (1.5) | 0/49 (0) | 1/114 (0.9) |
2011 | 4/169 (2.4) | 1/140 (0.7) | 5/309 (1.6) | |
2012 | 0/177 (0.0) | 1/130 (0.8) | 1/307 (0.3) | |
2010–2012 | 5/411 (1.2) | 2/319 (0.6) | 7/730 (1.0) | |
Removed from deer | 2010 | 5/199 (2.5) | 11/156 (7.1) | 16/355 (4.5) |