Summary of Tick Testing Results for 2003
A total of 6243 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 2003. Of these, 5721 were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 1738 (30%) 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 |
5886 |
|
Dermacentor variabilis |
American Dog Tick |
295 |
|
Amblyomma americanum |
Lone Star Tick |
56 |
|
Ixodes cookei |
(normally on woodchucks) |
4 |
|
Ixodes pacificus |
(acquired in California) |
2 |
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 |
|
1999 |
6679 |
6337 |
1491 |
24 |
|
2000 |
6687 |
6299 |
1501 |
24 |
|
2001 |
5849 |
5588 |
1434 |
26 |
|
2002 |
6437 |
6212 |
1770 |
28 |
|
2003 |
5886 |
5673 |
1735 |
31 |
The number of deer ticks submitted from each town and the number infected are summarized by town for the year 2003. 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 |
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|
Ashford |
Killingly |
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|
Avon |
290 |
287 |
94 |
32.75% |
|
|
Barkhamsted |
Avon |
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|
Beacon Falls |
Shelton |
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|
Berlin |
14 |
12 |
4 |
33.33% |
|
|
Bethany |
11 |
11 |
3 |
27.27% |
|
|
Bethel |
40 |
38 |
12 |
31.58% |
|
|
Bethlehem |
Torrington |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
Bloomfield |
West Hartford |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Bolton |
Mansfield |
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|
Bozrah |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Branford |
46 |
46 |
6 |
13.04% |
|
|
Bridgeport |
13 |
12 |
2 |
16.67% |
|
|
Bridgewater |
6 |
6 |
2 |
33.33% |
|
|
Bristol |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Brookfield |
28 |
27 |
7 |
25.93% |
|
|
Brooklyn |
Killingly |
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|
Burlington |
Bristol |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
Canaan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Canterbury |
Killingly |
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|
Canton |
Avon |
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|
Chaplin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Cheshire |
86 |
84 |
25 |
29.76% |
|
|
Chester |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Clinton |
14 |
12 |
5 |
41.67% |
|
|
Colchester |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Colebrook |
Avon |
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|
Columbia |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Cornwall |
Torrington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Coventry |
Mansfield |
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|
Cromwell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Danbury |
4 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
Darien |
343 |
332 |
88 |
26.51% |
|
|
Deep River |
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|
Derby |
Shelton |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Durham |
5 |
5 |
2 |
40.00% |
|
|
East Granby |
Avon |
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|
East Haddam |
7 |
6 |
1 |
16.67% |
|
|
East Hampton |
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
East Hartford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
East Haven |
Branford |
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|
East Lyme |
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
East Windsor |
Enfield |
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|
Eastford |
Killingly |
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|
Easton |
46 |
45 |
16 |
35.56% |
|
|
Ellington |
Enfield |
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|
Enfield |
19 |
18 |
7 |
38.89% |
|
|
Essex |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Fairfield |
16 |
15 |
3 |
20.00% |
|
|
Farmington |
Avon |
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|
Franklin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Glastonbury |
14 |
13 |
3 |
23.08% |
|
|
Goshen |
Torrington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Granby |
Avon |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Greenwich |
323 |
318 |
113 |
35.53% |
|
|
Griswold |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Groton |
57 |
56 |
12 |
21.43% |
|
|
Guilford |
111 |
107 |
39 |
36.45% |
|
|
Haddam |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Hamden |
North Haven |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Hampton |
Killingly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Hartford |
6 |
6 |
4 |
66.67% |
|
|
Hartland |
Avon |
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|
Harwinton |
Torrington |
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|
Hebron |
4 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
Kent |
Torrington |
10 |
10 |
7 |
70.00% |
|
Killingly |
3 |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
|
|
Killingworth |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Lebanon |
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
Ledyard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Lisbon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Litchfield |
Torrington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Lyme |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Madison |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Manchester |
8 |
8 |
2 |
25.00% |
|
|
Mansfield |
24 |
23 |
6 |
26.09% |
|
|
Marlborough |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Meriden |
11 |
9 |
2 |
0.00% |
|
|
Middlebury |
38 |
38 |
14 |
36.84% |
|
|
Middlefield |
4 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
|
|
Middletown |
6 |
6 |
2 |
33.33% |
|
|
Milford |
16 |
16 |
1 |
6.25% |
|
|
Monroe |
52 |
49 |
14 |
28.57% |
|
|
Montville |
Norwich |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Morris |
Torrington |
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|
Naugatuck |
Shelton |
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|
New Britain |
21 |
8 |
2 |
25.00% |
|
|
New Canaan |
297 |
291 |
106 |
36.43% |
|
|
New Fairfield |
25 |
25 |
9 |
36.00% |
|
|
New Hartford |
Avon |
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|
New Haven |
25 |
22 |
7 |
31.82% |
|
|
New London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
New Milford |
48 |
46 |
12 |
26.09% |
|
|
Newington |
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
Newtown |
436 |
414 |
119 |
28.74% |
|
|
Norfolk |
Torrington |
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|
North Branford |
Branford |
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
North Canaan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
North Haven |
63 |
59 |
16 |
27.12% |
|
|
North Stonington |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Norwalk |
307 |
302 |
93 |
30.79% |
|
|
Norwich |
8 |
8 |
3 |
37.50% |
|
|
Old Lyme |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Old Saybrook |
16 |
14 |
8 |
57.14% |
|
|
Orange |
14 |
14 |
5 |
35.71 |
|
|
Oxford |
Southbury |
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|
Plainfield |
Killingly |
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|
Plainville |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Plymouth |
Torrington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Pomfret |
Killingly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Portland |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Preston |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Prospect |
Cheshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
Putnam |
Killingly |
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|
Redding |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Ridgefield |
169 |
160 |
43 |
26.88% |
|
|
Rocky Hill |
Wethersfield |
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|
Roxbury |
9 |
9 |
5 |
55.56% |
|
|
Salem |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Salisbury |
Torrington |
||||
|
Scotland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Seymour |
Shelton |
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
Sharon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Shelton |
77 |
75 |
19 |
25.33% |
|
|
Sherman |
3 |
3 |
3 |
100.00% |
|
|
Simsbury |
Avon |
4 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
Somers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
South Windsor |
4 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
Southbury |
240 |
233 |
72 |
30.90% |
|
|
Southington |
51 |
37 |
7 |
18.92% |
|
|
Sprague |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Stafford |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
Stamford |
570 |
546 |
167 |
30.59% |
|
|
Sterling |
Killingly |
||||
|
Stonington |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Stratford |
49 |
48 |
12 |
25.00% |
|
|
Suffield |
Enfield |
||||
|
Thomaston |
Torrington |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Thompson |
Killingly |
||||
|
Tolland |
Mansfield |
||||
|
Torrington |
786 |
774 |
260 |
33.59% |
|
|
Trumbull |
92 |
90 |
23 |
25.56% |
|
|
Union |
Stafford |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Vernon |
Enfield |
5 |
5 |
1 |
20.00% |
|
Voluntown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Wallingford |
20 |
20 |
6 |
30.00% |
|
|
Warren |
Torrington |
||||
|
Washington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Waterbury |
32 |
32 |
9 |
28.13% |
|
|
Waterford |
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
Watertown |
Torrington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
West Hartford |
12 |
11 |
4 |
36.36% |
|
|
West Haven |
6 |
6 |
2 |
33.33% |
|
|
Westbrook |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Weston |
Westport |
||||
|
Westport |
293 |
287 |
83 |
28.92% |
|
|
Wethersfield |
8 |
7 |
2 |
28.57% |
|
|
Willington |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
Wilton |
401 |
386 |
116 |
30.05% |
|
|
Winchester |
Torrington |
||||
|
Windham |
Enfield |
3 |
3 |
2 |
67.67% |
|
Windsor |
10 |
10 |
1 |
10.00% |
|
|
Windsor Locks |
Enfield |
||||
|
Wolcott |
Cheshire |
||||
|
Woodbridge |
North Haven |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Woodbury |
Southbury |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Woodstock |
Killingly |