Table 1.

Abundance and Distribution of Rickettsial Gene Targets across Collected Ixodes scapularis Ticks

Stage	Count of Ticks Collected^a	% (count) of gltA⁺ Ticks	Mean Copies of gltA Per ng DNA^b	Count of Ticks Tested for RAGEs A and B	% (count) of gltA⁺ sis6⁻pks1⁺ Ticks	% (count) of gltA⁺ sis6⁺ pks1⁻ Ticks	% (count) of gltA⁺ sis6⁻pks1⁻ Ticks
Female	78	95% (74)	366.2^*	60	5% (3)	25% (15)	5% (3)
Male	17	76% (13)	166.9^*	6	0% (0)	0% (0)	0% (0)
Nymph	35	49% (17)	103.6^*	15	20% (3)	13% (2)	7% (1)

Note.—The percentage of gltA⁺ ticks (column 3) and mean copies of gltA per ng DNA (column 4) were calculated from the total number of collected ticks (column 2). All other percentages were calculated from the number of ticks tested for RAGEs A and B (column 5).

Samples without measurable DNA are not included in these counts.

Samples with gltA copy number <10 were considered gltA⁻.

Denotes a lack of significance (p < 0.05) between labeled groups, according to analysis of variance (see main text for details).