Volume 5, Number 4—August 1999
Dispatch
A Focus of Deer Tick Virus Transmission in the Northcentral United States
Table
Pathogens maintained by deer ticks, Spooner and Hayward, Wisconsin, 1997-98
Agent | Assay | No. examined | No. positive | % positive (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Borrellia burgdorferi | Direct fluorescent antibody | 220 | 83 | 37.7 (31.3, 44.5) |
Babesia sp. | Microscopy | 87 | 6 | 6.9 (2.6, 14.4) |
Ehrlichia microti | Microscopy | 87 | 4 | 4.6 (1.3, 11.4) |
Deer tick virus | Microscopy | 87 | 4 | 4.6 (1.3, 11.4) |