Summary of Tick Testing Results for 2006
A total of 5163 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 2006. Of these, 2387* were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 520 (22%) 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 |
4855 |
Dermacentor variabilis |
American Dog Tick |
235 |
Amblyomma americanum |
Lone Star Tick |
67 |
Ixodes cookei |
(normally on woodchucks) |
3 |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus |
Brown Dog Tick |
3 |
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 |
2002 |
6437 |
6212 |
1770 |
28 |
2003 |
5886 |
5673 |
1735 |
31 |
2004 |
4495 |
4231 |
1645 |
39 |
2005 |
6123 |
5897 |
1613 |
27 |
2006 |
4855 |
2314* |
520 |
22 |
*Note: Effective
The number of deer ticks submitted from each town and the number infected are summarized by town for the year 2006. If the town is served by a health district, its totals are included with the town listed in the second column. For example,
Town |
|
Total Identified |
Total Tested |
Total Positive |
Percent Positive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ashford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
306 |
150 |
38 |
25.33% |
Barkhamsted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
10 |
8 |
3 |
37.50% |
|
|
38 |
19 |
3 |
15.79% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
5 |
2 |
40.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bozrah |
|
|
|
|
|
Branford |
|
37 |
15 |
3 |
20.00% |
|
|
21 |
10 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
29 |
14 |
2 |
14.29% |
|
|
53 |
27 |
8 |
29.63% |
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Chaplin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
116 |
53 |
11 |
20.75% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Old Saybrook |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
Colebrook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cromwell |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
9 |
7 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
322 |
151 |
36 |
23.84% |
|
Old Saybrook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
7 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
7 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
Branford |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Eastford |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
5 |
1 |
20.00% |
Ellington |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
8 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
15 |
6 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
21 |
10 |
1 |
10.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
11 |
9 |
2 |
22.22% |
Griswold |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
177 |
78 |
14 |
17.95% |
|
|
16 |
7 |
3 |
42.86% |
Haddam |
|
11 |
8 |
1 |
12.50% |
|
|
12 |
9 |
5 |
55.56% |
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
Hartland |
|
|
|
|
|
Harwinton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Killingly |
|
9 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
Killingworth |
|
9 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Ledyard |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Litchfield |
|
|
|
|
|
Lyme |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
25 |
12 |
2 |
16.67% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
21 |
16 |
5 |
31.25% |
Middlebury |
|
29 |
16 |
5 |
31.25% |
Middlefield |
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
9 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
39 |
26 |
4 |
15.38% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morris |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 |
13 |
3 |
23.08% |
|
|
256 |
108 |
13 |
12.04% |
New |
|
21 |
16 |
5 |
31.25% |
New |
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
32 |
22 |
5 |
22.73% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
13 |
2 |
15.38% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
376 |
166 |
35 |
21.08% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
33 |
24 |
6 |
25.00% |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
273 |
114 |
27 |
23.68% |
|
|
11 |
5 |
2 |
40.00% |
Old Lyme |
|
10 |
9 |
4 |
44.44% |
Old Saybrook |
|
8 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
|
|
18 |
12 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Southbury |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Pomfret |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
Prospect |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
Putnam |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
22 |
8 |
36.36% |
|
|
136 |
53 |
12 |
22.64% |
Rocky Hill |
|
|
|
|
|
Roxbury |
|
6 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
6 |
6 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93 |
43 |
9 |
20.93% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
7 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
Somers |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
6 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
Southbury |
|
192 |
88 |
25 |
28.41% |
|
|
59 |
31 |
10 |
32.26% |
Sprague |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
290 |
126 |
24 |
19.05% |
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
52 |
26 |
6 |
23.08% |
Suffield |
|
|
|
|
|
Thomaston |
|
|
|
|
|
Thompson |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
Tolland |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
796 |
371 |
97 |
26.15% |
|
|
150 |
78 |
9 |
11.54% |
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
Voluntown |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
23 |
9 |
1 |
11.11% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
28 |
12 |
3 |
25.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
Westbrook |
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
Weston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
66 |
10 |
15.15% |
|
|
10 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
Willington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
267 |
111 |
27 |
24.32% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wolcott |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
16 |
3 |
18.75% |
Woodbury |
Southbury |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
Killingly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |