Ixodes Scapularis Ticks found in Manitoba in 2001

Five of 68 found (7.35%) infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.

 

Localities of collection and infection status with Borrelia burgdorferi for blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, collected in Manitoba during 2001.

 

Locality

 

No. of ticks collected (sex or stage)

 

No. infected with B. burgdorferi

 

Winnipeg

 

35 (3 males, 32 females)

 

2 females

 

St. Norbert (La Barrière Park)

 

5 (2 males, 3 females)

 

1 female

 

Morden

 

4 (3 females, 1 nymph)

 

--

 

Balmoral

 

3 (females)

 

1 female

 

Stonewall

 

2 (females)

 

--

 

Traverse Bay

 

2 (females)

 

--

 

Thornhill

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Starbuck

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Sandy Hook

 

1 (male)

 

--

 

Petersfield

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Teulon

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Ochre River

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

East Selkirk

 

1 (female)

 

1 female

 

Dugald

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

St. Francois Xavier

 

1 (nymph)

 

--

 

Clearwater Lake Provincial Park

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Anola

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Clarkleigh

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Garson

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Dauphin

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Carman

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Ste. Genevieve

 

1 (female)

 

--

 

Total

 

68 (7 males, 59 females, 2 nymphs)

 

5 (females)

 

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