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Volume 18, Number 12—December 2012
Dispatch

Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Felicia KeesingComments to Author , Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Diana J. McHenry, Shannon Duerr, Jesse Brunner, Mary Killilea, Kathleen LoGiudice, Kenneth A. Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld
Author affiliations: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA (F. Keesing, M.H. Hersh, M. Tibbetts, D.J. McHenry); Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA (F. Keesing, M.H. Hersh, S. Duerr, R.S. Ostfeld); Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (J. Brunner); New York University, New York, New York, USA (M. Killilea); Union College, Schenectedy, NY, USA (K. LoGiudice); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA (K.A. Schmidt)

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Table 1

Host species tested for Anaplasma phagocytophiluum reservoir competence, southeastern New York, USA, 2008–2010*

Host species Common name No. hosts tested No. ticks tested Mean no. ticks sampled per host (range)
Mammals

Blarina brevicauda

 Northern short-tailed shrew 28 529 18.9 (11–25)

Didelphis virginiana

 Virginia opossum 25 501 20.0 (11–25)

Glaucomys volans

 Southern flying squirrel 4 59 14.8 (6–25)

Mephitis mephitis

 Striped skunk 1 21 21.0 (21–21)

Peromyscus leucopus

 White-footed mouse 30 571 19.0 (10–25)

Procyon lotor

 Raccoon 25 484 19.4 (10–25)

Sciurus carolinensis

 Eastern gray squirrel 20 358 17.9 (10–25)

Sorex cinereus

 Masked shrew 6 41 6.8 (4–10)

Tamias striatus

 Eastern chipmunk 19 300 15.8 (9–25)

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

 Eastern red squirrel 15 297 19.8 (11–25)
Birds

Catharus fuscescens

 Veery 21 427 20.3 (10–25)

Dumetella carolinensis

 Gray catbird 14 235 16.8 (9–24)

Hylocichla mustelina

 Wood thrush 28 496 17.7 (10–24)

Turdus migratorius

 American robin 18 321 17.8 (8–24)

*Number of ticks tested per host can include samples from either natural body loads or experimental infestations, as described in the text, and is not representative of mean total body loads.

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