Table 1.
Accuracy of image-based species identification by health unit
| Health Unit (ID) | I. scapularis | I. cookei | Dermacentor spp. | I. muris | All tick species | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submitted N | Correctly identified N (%) | Submitted N | Correctly identified N (%) | Submitted N | Correctly identified N (%) | Submitted N | Correctly identified N (%) | Submitted N | Correctly identified N (%) | |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (1) | 10 | 10 (100) | 3 | 3 (100) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 | – | 15 | 15 (100) |
| Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (2) | 10 | 10 (100) | 12 | 12 (100) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 22 | 22 (100) |
| Capitale-Nationale (3) | 6 | 5 (83·33) | 1 | 1 (100) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 | – | 9 | 8 (88·89) |
| Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec (4) | 60 | 59 ((98·33) | 11 | 10 (90·91) | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 | 0 (0·00) | 74 | 71 (95·95) |
| Estrie (5) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 (0·00) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 1 (100) |
| Montréal (6) | 20 | 20 (100) | 1 | 0 (0·00) | 2 | 2 (1000) | 0 | – | 23 | 22 (95·65) |
| Outaouais (7) | 6 | 6 (100) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | 7 (100) |
| Côte-Nord (9) | 3 | 2 (66·67) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 2 (66·67) |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 3 | 3 (100) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | 4 (100) |
| Laval (13) | 33 | 33 (100) | 6 | 6 (100) | 3 | 3 (100) | 0 | – | 42 | 42 (100) |
| Lanaudière (14) | 46 | 46 (100) | 3 | 3 (100) | 0 | – | 1 | 0 (0·00) | 50 | 49 (98·00) |
| Laurentides (15) | 23 | 23 (100) | 10 | 9 (90) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 | – | 34 | 33 (97·06) |
| Total | 221 | 218 (98·64) | 49 | 46 (93·88) | 12 | 12 (100) | 2 | 0 (0·00) | 284 | 276 (97·18) |