Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Letter
Tick-borne Pathogens in Northwestern California, USA
Table
Borrelia spp. infection prevalence among adult Ixodes pacificus ticks in northwestern California, USA, January–May 2012*
Location, County (reference) | No. Borrelia spp. ticks infected/total (%) |
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B. burgdorferi sensu stricto | B. burgdorferi sensu lato | B. miyamotoi | Unsequenced species | All species | |
Jasper Ridge Biologic Preserve, San Mateo | 1/32 (3.1) | 1/32 (3.1) | |||
Pulgas Ridge OSP, San Mateo | 2/118 (1.7) | 2/118 (1.7) | |||
Thornewood OSP, San Mateo† | 1/156 (0.6) | 2/156 (1.3) | 2/156 (1.3) | 4/156 (2.6) | 9/156 (5.8) |
Thornewood OSP, San Mateo‡ | 0/9 (0) | ||||
Windy Hill OSP, San Mateo† | 2/120 (1.7) | 1/120 (0.8) | 3/120 (2.5) | ||
Windy Hill OSP, San Mateo§ | 2/122 (1.6) | 3/122 (2.5) | 1/122 (0.8) | 2/122 (1.6) | 8/122 (6.6) |
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo | 0/15 (0) | ||||
Foothills Park, Santa Clara | 0/13 (0) | ||||
Henry W. Coe State Park, Santa Clara | 3/132 (2.3) | 3/132 (2.3) | |||
Monte Bello OSP, Santa Clara | 1/46 (2.2) | 1/46 (2.2) | 2/46 (4.3) | ||
Sanborn County Park, Santa Clara | 4/53 (7.5) | 4/53 (7.5) | |||
Sierra Azul OSP, Santa Clara | 2/112 (1.8) | 2/112 (1.8) | |||
Los Trancos OSP, San Mateo and Santa Clara | 1/58 (1.7) | 1/58 (1.7) | 2/58 (3.4) | ||
Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz | 1/51 (2.0) | 2/51 (3.9) | 3/51 (5.8) | ||
Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz (6) | 13/264 (4.9) | ||||
Tilden Regional Park, Contra Costa (2) | 1/814 (0.1) | 4/814 (0.5) | 5/814 (0.6) | ||
China Camp State Park, Marin | 1/143 (0.7) | 1/143 (0.7) | 2/143 (1.4) | 4/143 (2.8) | |
Hopland Research and Extension Center, Mendocino (1,7) | 4/282 (1.4) | 2/282 (0.7) | |||
Total (this study) | 6/1,108 (0.5) | 7/1,108 (0.6) | 14/1,108 (1.3) | 16/1,108 (1.4) | 43/1,108 (3.6) |
*Data are from this study and from previously published research (indicated by reference no.). OSP, open space preserve.
†Woodland.
‡Redwood.
§Chaparral/grassland.
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