Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Ecology and Epidemiology of Tickborne Pathogens, Washington, USA, 2011–2016
Table
Pathogens detected in unfed, field-collected Ixodes species ticks, Washington state, 2011–2016
Pathogen | No. positive/no. tested (%) |
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I. angustus |
I. pacificus |
I. spinipalpis |
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Adult | Nymphs | Adult | Nymphs | Larvae | Adults | Nymphs | Larvae | |||
Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 0/79 | 0/16 | 5/240 (2.1) | 0/17 | 0/1 | 1/4 (25.0) | 0/122 | 0/108 | ||
Borrelia species* | 1/82 (1.2) | 0/16 | 4/361 (1.1) | 0/17 | 0/1 | 1/5 (20.0) | 1/122 (0.8) | 0/108 | ||
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato | 1/83 (1.2) | 0/16 | 22/403 (5.5) | 0/17 | 0/1 | 1/5 (20.0) | 3/122 (4.1) | 0/108 | ||
B. burgdorferi sensu stricto | 0/41 | 0/4 | 14/340 (4.1) | 1/14 (7.1) | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/63 | 0/0 | ||
B. miyamotoi | 0/38 | 0/4 | 10/211 (4.7) | 0/16 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/67 | 0/0 |
*Not differentiated to species.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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