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Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014

Research

Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States

Chris D. Crowder, Heather E. Carolan, Megan A. Rounds, Vaclav Honig, Benedikt Mothes, Heike Haag, Oliver Nolte, Ben J. Luft, Libor Grubhoffer, David J. Ecker, Steven E. Schutzer, and Mark W. EshooComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Ibis Biosciences, Carlsbad, California, USA (C.D. Crowder, H.E. Carolan, M.A. Rounds, D.J. Ecker, M.W. Eshoo); Biology Centre ASCR, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (V. Honig, L. Grubhoffer); Laboratory of Dr. Brunner, Constance, Germany (B. Mothes, H. Haag, O. Nolte); University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (B. Mothes); Zentrum für Labormedizin, St. Gallen, Switzerland (O. Nolte); State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA (B.J. Luft); Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA (S.E. Schutzer)

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Table 1

Prevelance of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ticks, Europe and the United States, 2008–2012*

Region/subregion Species Total no. ticks tested (nymphs; adults) No. ticks positive for B. miyamotoi (% of total)
Czech Republic
Zavadilka I. ricinus 153 (153; 0) 4 (2.6)
Blatna I. ricinus 100 (100; 0) 2 (2.0)
Dacice I. ricinus 93 (93; 0) 3 (3.2)
Netolice
 I. ricinus
 89 (89; 0)
 0 (0)
Germany
Constance
 I. ricinus
 226 (0; 48)*
 4 (1.8)
United States
Connecticut
Fairfield County I. scapularis 322 (309; 13) 16 (5.0)
Litchfield County I. scapularis 18 (18; 0) 0
New London County I. scapularis 29 (29; 0) 0
New York
Dutchess County I. scapularis 357 (357; 0) 2 (0.56)
Suffolk County I. scapularis 180 (24; 156) 2 (1.1)
Westchester County I. scapularis 44 (0; 44) 3 (6.8)
Pennsylvania
Chester County I. scapularis 80 (79; 1) 2 (2.5)
Indiana
Pulaski County I. scapularis 81 (0; 81) 10 (12.3)
California
Alameda County I. pacificus 22 (0; 22) 1 (4.5)
Del Norte County I. pacificus 33 (0; 33) 0
Glenn County I. pacificus 44 (0; 44) 0
Humbolt County I. pacificus 74 (0; 74) 0
Lake County I. pacificus 129 (0; 129) 0
Marin County I. pacificus 85 (0; 85) 1 (1.2)
Mendocino County I. pacificus 57 (0; 57) 2 (3.5)
Napa County I. pacificus 65 (0; 65) 10 (15.4)
Orange County I. pacificus 15 (0; 15) 0
Placer County I. pacificus 250 (0; 250) 4 (1.6)
San Bernardino County I. pacificus 18 (0; 18) 0
Santa Cruz County I. pacificus 64 (0; 64) 0
Sonoma County I. pacificus 126 (126; 0) 2 (1.6)

*A total of 119 ticks were removed from humans, and the life stage of 178 of the 226 ticks tested was not recorded.

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