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Table 3 County trends (P < 0.01) by state in seroprevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi

From: Trends in canine seroprevalence to Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma spp. in the eastern USA, 2010–2017

State (n)a

Counties with decreasing trend

n (%)

Counties with increasing trend

n (%)

Counties with no change

n (%)

Majority counties decreasing

 Connecticut (n = 8)

5 (62.5)

2 (25.0)

1 (12.5)

 Delaware (n = 3)

3 (100.0)

0

0

 Massachusetts (n = 14)

11 (78.6)

1 (7.1)

2 (14.3)

 Maryland (n = 23)

19 (82.6)

1 (4.3)

3 (13.0)

 New Jersey (n = 21)

14 (66.7)

1 (4.8)

6 (28.6)

 Rhode Island (n = 5)

4 (80.0)

0

1 (20.0)

Majority counties increasing

 New York (n = 60)

9 (15.0)

32 (53.3)

19 (31.7)

 West Virginia (n = 33)

3 (9.1)

21 (63.6)

9 (27.3)

Mixed county trends

 Iowa (n = 43)

3 (7.0)

13 (30.2)

27 (63.0)

 Illinois (n = 54)

8 (14.0)

6 (11.0)

40 (74.0)

 Indiana (n = 52)

6 (11.5)

11 (21.2)

35 (67.3)

 Kentucky (n = 41)

2 (4.9)

9 (22.0)

30 (73.2)

 Maine (n = 16)

2 (12.5)

7 (43.8)

7 (43.8)

 Michigan (n = 60)

7 (11.7)

14 (23.3)

39 (65.0)

 Minnesota (n = 47)

15 (31.9)

3 (6.4)

29 (61.7)

 North Carolina (n = 70)

17 (24.3)

12 (17.1)

41 (58.6)

 North Dakota (n = 8)

0

1 (12.5)

7 (87.5)

 New Hampshire (n = 10)

3 (30.0)

4 (40.0)

3 (30.0)

 Ohio (n = 60)

6 (10.0)

22 (36.7)

32 (53.3)

 Pennsylvania (n = 61)

20 (32.8)

27 (44.3)

14 (23.0)

 South Carolina (n = 23)

1 (4.3)

3 (13.0)

19 (82.6)

 Tennessee (n = 37)

1 (2.7)

5 (13.5)

31 (83.8)

 Virginia (n = 86)

31 (36.0)

8 (9.3)

47 (54.7)

 Vermont (n = 12)

3 (25.0)

4 (33.3)

5 (41.7)

 Wisconsin (n = 58)

24 (41.4)

8 (13.8)

26 (44.8)

  1. aNumber of counties evaluated; data not available from every county in every state listed
  2. Note: Numbers in boldface indicate > 50% of counties evaluated in that state had an increasing or decreasing trend (P < 0.01)