Table 3.
Infestation prevalence (number infested and total number trapped) and intensity (mean number of ticks ± SD/captured animal) of subadult I. scapularis on live-trapped small mammals during the second year of TCS bait box intervention, May–August 2013
| Treatment | Species | Month |
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| Maya |
June |
Aug. |
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| n | Prevalence (%) | Intensity | n | Prevalence (%) | Intensity | n | Prevalence (%) | Intensity | ||
| Untreated | P. leucopus | 16 | 11 (68.8%) | 3.1 ± 3.2 | 16 | 12 (75.0%) | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 10 | 10 (100%) | 7.5 ± 1.0 |
| T. striatus | 4 | 4 (100%) | 13.5 ± 8.6 | 5 | 5 (100%) | 5.4 ± 3.9 | 2 | 2 (100%) | 3.5 ± 2.1 | |
| All | 20 | 15 (75.0%) | 5.2 ± 6.1 | 21 | 10 (81.0%) | 2.3 ± 2.7 | 12 | 12 (100%) | 6.8 ± 6.6 | |
| TCS | P. leucopus | 10 | 2 (20.0%) | 1.3 ± 3.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 (38.5%) | 1.2 ± 1.9 |
| T. striatus | 24 | 17 (71.0%) | 3.7 ± 4.8 | 16 | 2 (12.5%) | 6.4 ± 25.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| All | 34 | 19 (55.9%) | 3.0 ± 4.6 | 33 | 2 (6.1%) | 3.1 ± 17.6 | 21 | 5 (23.8%) | 0.7 ± 1.6 | |
a
Results of small mammal trapping before initial bait box deployment against nymphal ticks.