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Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014
Research

Lyme Disease, Virginia, USA, 2000–2011

R. Jory BrinkerhoffComments to Author , Will F. Gilliam, and David Gaines
Author affiliations: University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA (R.J. Brinkerhoff, W.F. Gilliam); University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (R.J. Brinkerhoff); Virginia Department of Health, Richmond (D. Gaines)

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Table

Average density of host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs, average prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi–infected nymphs, and average annual LD incidence in 5 counties, Virginia

County Nymphs
 Humans
Average density (SEM)† Average prevalence Average incidence of B. burgdorferi infection, 2000–2007 Average LD Incidence, 2008–2011‡ Average yearly change in LD cases, 2008–2011
Nelson 9.55 (1.30) 0.20 0 32.3 +9.7
Appomattox-Buckingham 0.25 (0.11) 0 0.87 4.59 +2.6
Goochland 1.66 (0.33) 0.06 0 0 0
New Kent 1.1 (0.21) 0 0.83 0 0

*LD, Lyme disease.
†Nymphs per 200 m2.
‡Per 100,000 persons.

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