Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014
Dispatch
Two Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strains in Ixodes scapularis Ticks, Canada
Table 1
Anaplasma phagocytophilum-PCR–positive blacklegged ticks collected from various provinces during 2007–2010, Canada
Location | 2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2007–2010 |
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No. ticks | No. + | No. ticks | No. + | No. ticks | No. + | No. ticks | No. + | No. ticks | No. + (%) | |||||
Prairie Provinces | ||||||||||||||
Alberta* | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 89 | 3 (3.4) | ||||
Saskatchewan* | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 (40.0) | ||||
Manitoba |
35 |
2 |
156 |
4 |
119 |
6 |
260 |
20 |
570 |
32 (5.6) |
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Central Canada | ||||||||||||||
Ontario | 1,187 | 4 | 1,402 | 3 | 856 | 3 | 962 | 3 | 4,407 | 13 (0.3) | ||||
Quebec |
982 |
13 |
1,687 |
26 |
1,026 |
8 |
1,002 |
24 |
4,697 |
71 (1.5) |
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Atlantic Provinces | ||||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 129 | 1 | 174 | 0 | 189 | 4 | 271 | 10 | 763 | 15 (2.0) | ||||
Nova Scotia | 201 | 2 | 394 | 4 | 378 | 4 | 676 | 9 | 1,649 | 19 (1.2) | ||||
Prince Edward Island | 54 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 107 | 3 | 122 | 3 | 359 | 10 (2.8) | ||||
Newfoundland* |
11 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
27 |
1 |
62 |
2 (3.2) |
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Total | 2,613 | 27 | 3,926 | 39 | 2,704 | 30 | 3,363 | 73 | 12,606 | 169 (1.3) |
*Data from these provinces were not included in the statistical analyses because sample sizes (2007–2010) were <100 ticks.