TABLE 1.
Results of Borrelia and Ehrlichia species determination for ticks from site 1 and site 2
| Location and date | Instar (no.) of ticks | No. of ticks infected witha:
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Total no. of ticks that wereb:
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Borrelia
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Ehrlichia
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Borrelia + Ehrlichia
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| Afz | SS | Gar | Afz + SS | ELO | HGE | Ph | Esp | ELO + Afz | ELO + Afz + SS | Esp + Afz + SS | Borr Pos | Ehr Pos | Borr + Ehr Pos | Neg | ||
| Site 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| May 1999 | Nymph (47) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 30 | ||||
| Male (24) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
| Female (25) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Total (96) | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 61 | |
| June 1999 | Nymph (47) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||
| Male (26) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Female (25) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |||||||||
| Total (98) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 83 | |
| July 1999 | Nymph (50) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 42 | ||||||
| Male (25) | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Female (25) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| Total (100) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 85 | ||
| Total for site 1 (294) | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 229 | |
| Site 2 (July 1999) | Nymph (41) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||
| Male (6) | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Female (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (47) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 38 | |
a
Abbreviations: Afz, B. afzelii; SS, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto; Gar, B. garinii; ELO, Ehrlichia-like organism; HGE, HGE agent variant; Ph, E. phagocytophila variant; Esp, Ehrlichia, species not determined.
b
Borr Pos, positive for B. burgdorferi sensu lato; Ehr Pos, positive for Ehrlichia; Borr+Ehr Pos, positive for both B. burgdorferi sensu lato and Ehrlichia; Neg, negative for both Borrelia and Ehrlichia.