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Table 3 Infection status of adult Ixodes scapularis (n = 47) removed from individual white-tailed deer as determined by deer harvest number (id) 1

From: Prevalence of five tick-borne bacterial genera in adult Ixodes scapularis removed from white-tailed deer in western Tennessee

Deer Id

No. of Ticks

Infection status of ticks by individual deer

Coll.

Neg. (%)

Pos. (%)

Rickettsia amblyommii

Rickettsiasp.

Rickettsiaendosymbiont

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Ehrlichia ewingii

EhrlichiaPanola Mountain

Ixodes scapularis collected from 2011 white-tailed deer

70

12

6 (50%)

6 (50%)

1

1

4

-

-

-

2

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

-

1

-

1

-

-

4

1

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

-

-

1

-

-

-

17

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

-

-

1

-

-

-

39

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

-

-

1

-

-

-

Ixodes scapularis collected from 2012 white-tailed deer

123

13

7 (53.9%)

6 (46.1%)

-

-

6

-

-

-

137

5

1 (20%)

4 (80%)

-

-

4

-

2

-

156

3

2 (66.7%)

1 (33.3%)

-

-

1

-

-

-

96

2

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

-

-

1

-

-

-

110

2

0 (0%)

2 (100%)

-

-

2

-

-

-

1210

2

0 (0%)

2 (100%)

-

-

2

-

-

1

122

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

-

-

1

-

-

-

94

1

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

90

1

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

47

20 (42.6%)

27 (57.4%)

1

2

24

1

2

1

  1. 1Bolded deer identification numbers (identified as 2, 137, 1210) had ticks that were PCR positive with more than one bacteria. Total numbers of infections exceed the number of positive ticks due to co-infected individuals.
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