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. 2022 Aug 3;59(5):1793–1804. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjac107

Table 5.

Tick-borne pathogen prevalence in Ixodes scapularis by life stage (nymph and adult) and overall (nymph + adult)

Pathogen Ixodes scapularis life stage
Nymph Adults Overall
Total tested 264 % 95% CI 724 % 95% CI 988 % 95% CI
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
B. burgdorferi 50 18.94 14.40 24.20 333 45.99 42.32 49.70 383 38.77 35.71 41.88
A. phagocytophilum 21 7.95 4.99 11.90 89 12.29 9.99 14.91 110 11.13 9.24 13.26
Ap-ha 8 3.03 1.32 5.88 60 8.29 6.38 10.54 68 6.88 5.38 8.64
Ap-v1 11 4.17 2.10 7.33 18 2.49 1.48 3.90 29 2.94 1.97 4.19
Undetermined 2 0.76 0.09 2.71 11 1.52 0.76 2.70 13 1.32 0.70 2.24
B. microti 14 5.30 2.93 8.74 36 4.97 3.51 6.82 50 5.06 3.78 6.62
B. miyamotoi 5 1.89 0.62 4.36 10 1.38 0.66 2.53 15 1.52 0.85 2.49
Deer tick virus 2 0.76 0.09 2.71 15 2.07 1.16 3.39 17 1.72 1.01 2.74