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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Research

Epidemiology and Spatial Emergence of Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2010‒2018

Alexis Russell, Melissa PrusinskiComments to Author , Jamie Sommer, Collin O’Connor, Jennifer White, Richard Falco, John Kokas1, Vanessa Vinci, Wayne Gall2, Keith Tober1, Jamie Haight, JoAnne Oliver, Lisa Meehan, Lee Ann Sporn, Dustin Brisson, and P. Bryon Backenson
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (A. Russell, M. Prusinski, J. Sommer, C. O’Connor, J. White, R. Falco, J. Kokas, V. Vinci, W. Gall, K. Tober, J. Haight, J. Oliver, L. Meehan, P.B. Backenson); Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, New York, USA (L.A. Sporn); University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (D. Brisson)

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Table 3

Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in nymphal and adult Ixodes scapularis ticks by state region, New York, USA, 2010–2018

Region Life stage No. (%) ticks testing positive for A. phagocytophilum
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Capital
Nymphs 221 (4.1) 186 (3.8) 306 (6.5) 555 (5.0) 591 (8.8) 727 (3.2) 910 (4.5) 1,223 (3.5) 1,100 (5.3)
Adults
278 (2.9)
201 (7.0)
791 (9.9)
834 (5.9)
1,689 (5.4)
1,677 (7.0)
1,462 (8.5)
1,690 (8.6)
1,617 (12.0)
Central
Nymphs 135 (2.2) 126 (3.2) 55 (0.0) 140 (2.1) 142 (4.2) 586 (1.7) 547 (2.4) 596 (0.5) 217 (1.4)
Adults
155 (0.0)
179 (2.2)
148 (0.7)
199 (2.0)
349 (2.0)
976 (2.8)
1,329 (1.5)
401 (5.7)
401 (5.5)
Metro
Nymphs 350 (2.0) 350 (4.9) 316 (2.2) 450 (3.3) 447 (3.8) 523 (5.0) 570 (7.7) 547 (7.7) 801 (4.9)
Adults
300 (10.0)
350 (13.7)
350 (11.7)
518 (8.1)
544 (8.8)
625 (12.0)
1,103 (17.6)
889 (11.2)
874 (12.7)
Western
Nymphs 166 (1.2) 287 (4.9) 328 (7.3) 272 (8.1) 362 (7.2) 501 (3.0) 635 (6.1) 996 (3.4) 479 (3.5)
Adults
276 (0.7)
395 (2.3)
691 (0.4)
646 (0.5)
681 (2.3)
1,243 (2.1)
1,444 (2.1)
1,234 (2.95)
1,122 (3.8)
New York State excluding New York City Nymphs 872 (2.4) 949 (4.4) 1,005 (5.1) 1,417 (4.8) 1,542 (6.5) 2,337 (3.2) 2,662 (5.1) 3,362 (3.6) 2,597 (4.5)
Adults 1,009 (4.0) 1,125 (6.7) 1,980 (6.2) 2,197 (4.5) 3,263 (5.0) 4,521 (5.4) 5,338 (6.9) 4,211 (7.2) 4,014 (9.2)

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1Retired.

2Current affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Buffalo, New York, USA.

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