Table 1 Almost a third of each Ixodid ticks a species collected from Arkansas canines and white-tailed deer generated amplicons by PCR for the Borrelia flaB gene indicating Borreliae are endemic to Arkansas
From: Survey of Borreliae in ticks, canines, and white-tailed deer from Arkansas, U.S.A.
Tick species | No. PCR positive ticks / No. Screened forflaB(%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larvae | Nymphs | Males | Females | Adultsa | Total | |
Ticks Collected from Canines | ||||||
Amblyomma spp. | 0 / 18 (0 %) | 4 / 15 (26.7 %) | 2 / 11 (18.2 %) | 0 / 7 (0 %) | 2 / 11 (18.2 %) | 8 / 62 (12.9 %) |
Amblyomma americanum | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 37 / 162 (22.8 %) | 58 / 237 (24.5 %) | 56 / 233 (24 %) | 0 / 2(0 %) | 151 / 634 (23.8 %) |
Amblyomma maculatum | 0 / 2 (0 %) | 2 / 9 (22.2 %) | 22 / 95 (23.2 %) | 2 / 9 (22.2 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 26 / 115 (22.6 %) |
Dermacentor variabilis | 0 / 1 (0 %) | 0 / 41 (0 %) | 7 / 52 (13.5 %) | 11 / 84 (13.1 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 18 / 178 (10.1 %) |
Ixodes scapularis | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 3 / 7 (42.9 %) | 21 / 42 (50 %) | 18 / 69 (26.1 %) | 1 / 3 (33.3 %) | 43 / 121 (35.5 %) |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 28 / 97 (28.9 %) | 19 / 94 (20.2 %) | 22 / 105 (21 %) | 9 / 21 (42.9 %) | 78 / 317 (24.6 %) |
Total | 0 / 21 (0 %) | 74 / 331 (22.4 %) | 129 / 531 (24.3 %) | 109 / 507 (21.5 %) | 12 / 37 (32.4 %) | 324 / 1427 (22.7 %) |
Ticks Collected from White-tailed Deer | ||||||
Amblyomma spp. | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 4 / 7 (57.1 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 1 / 1 (100 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 5 / 8 (62.5 %) |
Amblyomma americanum | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 0 / 2 (0 %) | 2 / 7 (28.6 %) | 8 / 14 (57.1 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 10 / 23 (43.5 %) |
Amblyomma maculatum | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 0 / 1 (0 %) | 9 / 35 (25.7 %) | 15 / 28 (53.6 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 24 / 64 (37.5 %) |
Dermacentor variabilis | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 0 / 2 (0 %) | 0 / 2 (0 %) | 1 / 2 (50 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 1 / 6 (16.7 %) |
Ixodes scapularis | 0 / 1 (0 %) | 4 / 6 (66.7 %) | 86 / 231 (37.2 %) | 119 / 333 (35.7 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 209 / 571 (36.6 %) |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 5 / 10 (50 %) | 5 / 14 (35.7 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 10 / 24 (41.7 %) |
Total | 0 / 1 (0 %) | 8 / 18 (44.4 %) | 102 / 285 (35.8 %) | 149 / 392 (38 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 259 / 696 (37.2 %) |
Total Ticks Collected from Canines and White-tailed Deer | ||||||
Amblyomma spp. | 0 / 18 (0 %) | 8 / 22 (36.4 %) | 2 / 11 (18.2 %) | 1 / 8 (12.5 %) | 2 / 11 (18.2 %) | 13 / 70 (18.6 %) |
Amblyomma americanum | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 37 / 164 (22.6 %) | 60 / 244 (24.6 %) | 64 / 247 (25.9 %) | 0 / 2 (0 %) | 161 / 657 (24.5 %) |
Amblyomma maculatum | 0 / 2 (0 %) | 2 / 10 (20 %) | 31 / 130 (23.8 %) | 17 / 37 (45.9 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 50 / 179 (27.9 %) |
Dermacentor variabilis | 0 / 1 (0 %) | 0 / 43 (0 %) | 7 / 54 (13 %) | 12 / 86 (14 %) | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 19 / 184 (10.3 %) |
Ixodes scapularis | 0 / 1 (0 %) | 7 / 13 (53.8 %) | 107 / 273 (39.2 %) | 137 / 402 (34.1 %) | 1 / 3 (33.3 %) | 252 / 692 (36.4 %) |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 0 / 0 (0 %) | 28 / 97 (28.9 %) | 24 / 104 (23.1 %) | 27 / 119 (22.7 %) | 9 / 21 (42.9 %) | 88 / 341 (25.8 %) |
Total | 0 / 22 (0 %) | 82 / 349 (23.5 %) | 231 / 816 (28.3 %) | 258 / 899 (28.7 %) | 12 / 37 (32.4 %) | 583 / 2123 (27.5 %) |