Summary of Tick Testing Results for 1999

Summary of Tick Testing Results for 1999  

A total of  6971 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 1999. Of these,  6386 were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 1492 (24%) were found to carry this organism. The names of the tick species and numbers of specimens received are shown in the table below.

Name of Species

Common Name

Total

Ixodes scapularis

Black-legged ("deer") Tick

6684

Dermacentor variabilis

American Dog Tick

242

Amblyomma americanum

Lone Star Tick

37

Amblyomma hebraeum (acquired in South Africa) 1

Ixodes cookei

(normally on woodchucks)

6

Ixodes marxi

(normally on squirrels)

1

Most of the ticks received by us are the black-legged or "deer" ticks. Below is a table comparing the numbers and infection rates of deer ticks over the past five years.

Year

Total Identified

Total Tested

Total Positive

Percent Positive

1997

2800

2621

526

20

1998

4415

4115

1068

26

1999

6684

6341

1492

24

2000

6687

6299

1501

24

2001 5849 5588 1434 26

The number of deer ticks submitted from each town and the number infected are summarized by town for the year 1999. If the town is served by a health district, its totals are included with the town listed in the second column. For example, Ansonia is served by the Naugatuck Valley Health District, which is located in Shelton. Any ticks that may have been received from Ansonia through the health district are included in the totals for Shelton. Those totals reflect the data for all the towns served by the health district. For a directory of local health departments and districts, see the state website at:  http://www.dph.state.ct.us/Local_health/localmap.asp?bar=1  

Town

Hlth. Dist. Town

Total Identified

Total Tested

Total Positive

Percent Positive

Andover

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Ansonia

Shelton

-

-

-

-

Ashford

Killingly

-

-

-

-

Avon

-

105

104

29

27.88%

Barkhamsted

Avon

-

-

-

-

Beacon Falls

Shelton

-

-

-

-

Berlin

Wethersfield

1

1

0

0.00%

Bethany

-

39

39

8

20.51%

Bethel

-

37

36

7

19.44%

Bethlehem

Torrington

- - - -

Bloomfield

West Hartford

3 3 0 0.00%

Bolton

Mansfield

- - - -

Bozrah

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Branford

-

60

59

14

23.73%

Bridgeport

-

14

14

1

7.14%

Bridgewater

-

2

2

0

0.00%

Bristol

-

20

3

0

0.00%

Brookfield

-

26

25

5

20.00%

Brooklyn

Killingly

19

18

8

44.44%

Burlington

Bristol

1

1

0

0.00%

Canaan

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Canterbury

Killingly

- - - -

Canton

Avon

1

1

0

0.00%

Chaplin

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Cheshire

-

76

75

25

33.33%

Chester

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Clinton

- 9

9

2

22.22%

Colchester

-

3

1

0

0.00%

Colebrook

Avon

- - - -

Columbia

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Cornwall

Torrington

- - - -

Coventry

Mansfield

- - - -

Cromwell

-

1

0

0

0.00%

Danbury

-

6

6

1

16.67%

Darien

-

400

386

86

22.28%

Deep River

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Derby

Shelton

1

0

0

0.00%

Durham

-

3

2

0

0.00%

East Granby

Avon

- - - -

East Haddam

-

2

2

0

0.00%

East Hampton

-

10

7

3

42.86%

East Hartford

-

2

2

0

0.00%

East Haven

Branford

1

1

-

-

East Lyme

-

0

0

0

0.00%

East Windsor

Enfield

- - - -

Eastford

Killingly

- - - -

Easton

-

49

48

6

12.50%

Ellington

Enfield

- - - -

Enfield

-

14

14

6

42.86%

Essex

-

5

4

1

25.00%

Fairfield

-

207

199

50

25.13%

Farmington

Avon

- - - -

Franklin

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Glastonbury

-

11

10

5

50.00%

Goshen

Torrington

- - - -

Granby

Avon

1 0 0 0.00%

Greenwich

-

946

931

215

23.09%

Griswold

-

1

1

1

100.0%

Groton

-

10

10

4

40.00%

Guilford

-

68

67

13

19.40%

Haddam

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Hamden

North Haven

4

4

0

0.00%

Hampton

Killingly

- - - -

Hartford

-

17

17

3

17.68%

Hartland

Avon

-

-

-

-

Harwinton

Torrington

- - - -

Hebron

-

2

2

1

50.00%

Kent

Torrington

- - - -

Killingly

-

60

54

19

35.19%

Killingworth

-

2

2

1

50.00%

Lebanon

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Ledyard

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Lisbon

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Litchfield

Torrington

1 1 0 0.00%

Lyme

-

3

3

0

0.00%

Madison

-

25

24

7

29.17%

Manchester

-

10

10

4

40.00%

Mansfield

-

10

9

2

22.22%

Marlborough

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Meriden

-

9

8

2

25.00%

Middlebury

-

5

4

0

0.00%

Middlefield

-

2

2

0

0.00%

Middletown

-

2

2

2

100.00%

Milford

-

18

18

0

0.00%

Monroe

-

62

59

10

16.95%

Montville

Norwich

2 3 0 0.00%

Morris

Torrington

- - - -

Naugatuck

Shelton

-

-

-

-

New Britain

-

25

5

0

0.00%

New Canaan

-

398

377

88

23.34%

New Fairfield

-

19

19

1

5.26%

New Hartford

Avon

- - - -

New Haven

-

37

33

5

15.15%

New London

-

3

3

0

0.00%

New Milford

-

31

31

9

29.03%

Newington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Newtown

-

243

217

41

18.89%

Norfolk

Torrington

- - - -

North Branford

Branford

1

1

0

0.00%

North Canaan

-

0

0

0

0.00%

North Haven

-

44

44

10

22.73%

North Stonington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Norwalk

-

308

296

58

19.59%

Norwich

-

8

8

1

12.50%

Old Lyme

-

15

14

3

21.43%

Old Saybrook

-

4

3

0

0.00%

Orange

-

14

14

5

35.71%

Oxford

Southbury

1 1 0 0.00%

Plainfield

Killingly

- - - -

Plainville

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Plymouth

Torrington

- - - -

Pomfret

Killingly

1 1 1 100.00%

Portland

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Preston

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Prospect

Cheshire

-

-

-

-

Putnam

Killingly

- - - -

Redding

-

10

10

1

10.00%

Ridgefield

-

117

104

24

23.08%

Rocky Hill

Wethersfield

- - - -

Roxbury

-

2

2

2

100.00%

Salem

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Salisbury

Torrington

- - - -

Scotland

-

1

0

0

0.00%

Seymour

Shelton

- - - -

Sharon

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Shelton

-

92

88

15

17.05%

Sherman

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Simsbury

Avon

-

-

-

-

Somers

-

1

1

0

0.00%

South Windsor

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Southbury

-

197

184

48

26.09%

Southington

-

23

7

2

28.57%

Sprague

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Stafford

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Stamford

-

762

737

187

25.37%

Sterling

Killingly

- - - -

Stonington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Stratford

-

70

62

12

19.35%

Suffield

Enfield

- - - -

Thomaston

Torrington

- - - -

Thompson

Killingly

- - - -

Tolland

Mansfield

1

1

0

0.00%

Torrington

-

641

620

182

29.35%

Trumbull

-

132

128

26

20.31%

Union

Stafford

- - - -

Vernon

Enfield

4

2

0

0.00%

Voluntown

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Wallingford

-

16

15

3

20.00%

Warren

Torrington

-

- - -

Washington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Waterbury

-

47

45

9

20.00%

Waterford

-

2

2

0

0.00%

Watertown

Torrington

-

-

-

-

West Hartford

-

13

10

0

0.00%

West Haven

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Westbrook

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Weston

Westport

-

-

-

-

Westport

-

331

322

76

23.60%

Wethersfield

-

8

7

1

14.29%

Willington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Wilton

-

647

604

137

22.68%

Winchester

Torrington

- - - -

Windham

Enfield

2 2 1 50.00%

Windsor

-

14

9

2

22.22%

Windsor Locks

Enfield

-

-

-

-

Wolcott

Cheshire

- - - -

Woodbridge

North Haven

5

4

1

25.00%

Woodbury

Southbury

1

1

0

0.00%

Woodstock

Killingly

-

-

-

-