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Table 2 Texas counties and Mexico districts from which I. scapularis ticks were collected

From: Implications of climate change on the distribution of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and risk for Lyme disease in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region

 

State

County or District

Localities

Ticks collected

I. scapularis(%)#

I. scapularis infected (%)**

Host⌘

US

Texas

Anderson

1

64

26/64 (40.6)

13/26 (50.0)

WTD (13)

 

Texas

Brazos

1

45

5/45 (11.1)

3/5 (60.0)

Dog (2)

 

WTD (1)

 

Texas

Cameron

1

32

3/32 (9.4)

2/3 (66.7)

WTD (2)

 

Texas

Fort Bent

1

65

1/65 (1.5)

1/1 (100.0)

Dog (1)

 

Texas

Hidalgo

2

7

1/7 (14.3)

0/1 (0.0)

Dog

 

Texas

Mason

1

148

5/148 (3.4)

2/5 (40.0)

Oryx (2)

 

Texas

Tarrant

1

4

3/4 (75.0)

2/3 (66.7)

Cat (2)

 

Texas

Tyler

1

37

29/37 (78.4)

13/29 (44.8)

Questing (13)

 

TOTAL

 

9

574

74/574 (12.9)

37/74^ (50.0)

 

Mexico

Nuevo Leon

San Josesito, Zaragoza

3

230

31/230 (13.5)

8/25 (29)

Sylvilagus floridanus

   

1

  

1/6

Lyomis pictus

 

Tamaulipas

Tampico

1

51

2/51 (3.9)

2/2 (100)

Vegetation

 

Tamaulipas

El Cielo, Gomez Farias

1

379

1/379 (0.02)

1/1 (100)

Panthera onca

 

Coahuila

La Rosita, San Pedro

1

1

1/1 (100)

0/1(0)

-

 

TOTAL

 

7

661

35/661 (5.29)

12/35 (34.28)

 
  1. #: Percentage of I. scapularis found in each county among other tick species.
  2. **: Percentage of I. scapularis infected per county.
  3. ^: 6.445% of all ticks collected were Ixodes scapularis infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.
  4. ⌘: in parenthesis is represented the numbers of infected Ixodes scapularis ticks isolated from each host.