Summary of Tick Testing Results for 2008
A total of 3404 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 2008. Of these, 1534* were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 345 (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 |
3126 |
Dermacentor variabilis |
American Dog Tick |
207 |
Amblyomma americanum |
Lone Star Tick |
62 |
Amblyomma maculatum |
|
2 |
Amblyomma species |
(species undetermined) |
2 |
Ixodes cookei |
(normally on woodchucks) |
2 |
Ixodes dentatus |
(normally on rabbits) |
2 |
Ixodes ricinus |
Sheep Tick |
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
Year |
Total Identified |
Total Tested |
Total Positive |
Percent Positive |
2004 |
4495 |
4231 |
1645 |
39 |
2005 |
6123 |
5897 |
1613 |
27 |
2006 |
4855 |
2314* |
520 |
22 |
2007 |
2602 |
1388 |
479 |
35 |
2008 |
3120 |
1470 |
340 |
23 |
*Note: As of
The number of deer ticks submitted from each town and the number infected are summarized by town for the year 2008. 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
Barkhamsted |
|
8 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
4 |
3 |
75.00% |
|
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
27 |
17 |
7 |
41.18% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
12 |
7 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
Bozrah |
|
|
|
|
|
Branford |
|
28 |
16 |
4 |
25.00% |
|
|
8 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
17 |
7 |
41.18% |
|
|
63 |
23 |
4 |
17.39% |
|
|
3 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
17 |
7 |
3 |
42.86% |
Chaplin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
30 |
5 |
16.67% |
|
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Old Saybrook |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
Colebrook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Cromwell |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
5 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
165 |
71 |
18 |
25.35% |
|
Old Saybrook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
5 |
4 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Branford |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
Eastford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
10 |
5 |
50.00% |
Ellington |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
12 |
8 |
1 |
12.50% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
7 |
7 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
16 |
6 |
2 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
7 |
1 |
14.29% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
Griswold |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
119 |
54 |
16 |
29.63% |
|
|
20 |
13 |
1 |
7.69% |
Haddam |
|
22 |
14 |
2 |
14.29% |
|
|
12 |
8 |
2 |
25.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
Hartland |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
Harwinton |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
Killingworth |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ledyard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Litchfield |
|
|
|
|
|
Lyme |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
4 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
7 |
5 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
15 |
8 |
1 |
12.50% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
7 |
4 |
0 |
0.00% |
Middlebury |
|
22 |
10 |
4 |
40.00% |
Middlefield |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
25 |
13 |
1 |
7.69% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Morris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 |
15 |
1 |
6.67% |
|
|
70 |
39 |
10 |
25.64% |
New |
|
8 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
New |
|
13 |
5 |
3 |
60.00% |
|
|
15 |
10 |
1 |
10.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
260 |
110 |
15 |
13.64% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branford |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
29 |
8 |
27.59% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
217 |
95 |
17 |
17.89% |
|
|
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
Old Lyme |
|
6 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
Old Saybrook |
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
8 |
6 |
2 |
33.33% |
|
Southbury |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
Pomfret |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prospect |
|
|
|
|
|
Putnam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65 |
33 |
6 |
18.18% |
|
|
128 |
48 |
10 |
20.83% |
Rocky Hill |
|
|
|
|
|
Roxbury |
|
18 |
9 |
2 |
22.22% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
35 |
6 |
17.14% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
15 |
4 |
26.67% |
Somers |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
5 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
Southbury |
|
121 |
56 |
15 |
26.79% |
|
|
33 |
12 |
3 |
25.00% |
Sprague |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
188 |
80 |
17 |
21.25% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
34 |
13 |
4 |
30.77% |
Suffield |
|
|
|
|
|
Thomaston |
|
|
|
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
|
|
|
Tolland |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
384 |
179 |
52 |
29.05% |
|
|
97 |
43 |
14 |
32.56% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
Voluntown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
9 |
3 |
33.33% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
14 |
3 |
21.43% |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
Westbrook |
|
|
|
|
|
Weston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
58 |
9 |
15.52% |
|
|
6 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
Willington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
219 |
99 |
20 |
20.20% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
11 |
6 |
2 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wolcott |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
Woodbury |
Southbury |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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