Table 2 Multiple Borreliae genotypes a were identified in Arkansas ticks b , canines and white-tailed deer including B. burgdorferi and B. lonestari; however, B. lonestari was significantly more prevalent than B. burgdorferi in the tick population
From: Survey of Borreliae in ticks, canines, and white-tailed deer from Arkansas, U.S.A.
Host pecies | Seq. / PCR Pos. / screened | No. hostsflaB positive with amplicons homologous toB. burgdorferi sequences | No. HostsflaB positive with amplicons homologous toB. lonestari sequences | Â | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B31 | OK HS-2 | IP2 | Scc26 | MO2002-V1 | TX076 | NC/MD | AA115 | ||
Tick Collections from Canines | |||||||||
Amblyomma species | 6/8/62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 N, 1 M | 1 N, 1 M, 2A | 0 |
Amblyomma americanum | 105/151/634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 N, 4 M, 10 F | 3 N, 3 M, 9 F | 3 N, 2 M, 5 F | 15 N, 31 M, 13 F | 1 N |
Amblyomma maculatum | 24/26/115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 N, 1 M | 0 | 8 M, 1 F | 12 M, 1 F | 0 |
Dermacentor variabilis | 17/18/178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 M, 2 F | 1 M, 3 F | 3 M, 1 F | 3 F | 0 |
Ixodes scapularis | 28/43/121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 F | 1 M, 1 F | 1 M, 4 F | 2 N, 11 M, 6 F, 1A | 0 |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 54/78/317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 N, 8 M, 6 F, 2A | 3 N, 2 F | 1 M | 8 N, 5 M, 3 F, 5A | 2 N, 1 F |
Total Ticks From Canines | 234/324/1427 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 N, 15 M, 19 F, 2A | 6 N, 5 M, 15 F | 4 N, 16 M, 11 F | 26 N, 60 M, 26 F, 8A | 3 N, 1 F |
Tick Collections from White-tailed Deer | |||||||||
Amblyomma species | 1/5/8 | 1 N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amblyomma americanum | 2/10/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 F | 0 | 1 F | 0 |
Amblyomma maculatum | 15/24/64 | 1 M | 1 F | 0 | 0 | 2 M, 5 F | 1 F | 3 M, 2 F | 0 |
Dermacentor variabilis | 1/1/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ixodes scapularis | 39/209/571 | 1 M | 4 M, 7 F | 0 | 0 | 6 M, 10 F | 2 M, 1 F | 4 M, 4 F | 0 |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 4/10/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 F | 1 F | 1 M, 1 F | 0 |
Total Ticks From Deer | 62/259/696 | 1 N, 2 M | 4 M, 8 F | 0 | 0 | 8 M, 18 F | 2 M, 3 F | 8 M, 8 F | 0 |
Ticks, Canines, and White-tailed Deer | |||||||||
Canine | 10/10/173 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Deer | 49/49/250 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Total Ticks | 296/583/2123 | 1 N, 2 M | 4 M, 8 F | 0 | 9 N, 15 M, 19 F, 2A | 6 N, 13 M, 33 F | 4 N, 20 M, 14 F | 26 N, 68 M, 34 F, 8A | 3 N, 1 F |
Total | 355/642/2546 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 45 | 56 | 38 | 162 | 4 |