Summary of Tick Testing Results for 1998

Summary of Tick Testing Results for 1998

A total of  4656 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 1998. Of these,  4161 were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 1068 (26%) 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

4415

Dermacentor variabilis

American Dog Tick

195

Amblyomma americanum

Lone Star Tick

41

Ixodes cookei

(normally on woodchucks)

2

Ixodes marxi

(normally on squirrels)

1

Ixodes pacificus (acquired in California) 1
Ixodes ricinis (acquired in Europe) 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 1998. 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

2 2 1 50.00%

Avon

-

46

46

7

15.22%

Barkhamsted

Avon

-

-

-

-

Beacon Falls

Shelton

1 1 1 100.00%

Berlin

Wethersfield

-

-

-

-

Bethany

-

15

14

6

42.86%

Bethel

-

27

25

5

20.00%

Bethlehem

Torrington

- - - -

Bloomfield

West Hartford

1 1 0 0.00%

Bolton

Mansfield

- - - -

Bozrah

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Branford

-

51

50

15

30.00%

Bridgeport

-

9

8

2

25.00%

Bridgewater

-

10

10

0

0.00%

Bristol

-

12

4

1

25.00%

Brookfield

-

7

7

2

28.57%

Brooklyn

Killingly

61

56

21

37.50%

Burlington

Bristol

5

5

2

40.00%

Canaan

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Canterbury

Killingly

- - - -

Canton

Avon

-

-

-

-

Chaplin

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Cheshire

-

65

64

12

18.75%

Chester

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Clinton

- 15

15

5

33.33%

Colchester

-

1

1

1

100.00%

Colebrook

Avon

- - - -

Columbia

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Cornwall

Torrington

1 1 - 0.00%

Coventry

Mansfield

- - - -

Cromwell

-

4

4

1

25.00%

Danbury

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Darien

-

225

217

63

29.03%

Deep River

-

1

1

1

100.00%

Derby

Shelton

5

1

1

100.00%

Durham

-

3

3

0

0.00%

East Granby

Avon

- - - -

East Haddam

-

2

1

0

0.00%

East Hampton

-

2

2

0

0.00%

East Hartford

-

2

1

1

100.00%

East Haven

Branford

-

-

-

-

East Lyme

-

1

1

0

0.00%

East Windsor

Enfield

- - - -

Eastford

Killingly

- - - -

Easton

-

38

34

8

23.53%

Ellington

Enfield

2 0 0 0.00%

Enfield

-

17

17

3

17.65%

Essex

-

3

3

1

33.33%

Fairfield

-

101

97

21

21.65%

Farmington

Avon

1 1 0 0.00%

Franklin

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Glastonbury

-

11

10

3

30.00%

Goshen

Torrington

- - - -

Granby

Avon

- - - -

Greenwich

-

635

623

177

28.41%

Griswold

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Groton

-

8

7

0

0.00%

Guilford

-

66

63

14

22.22%

Haddam

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Hamden

North Haven

6

6

2

33.33%

Hampton

Killingly

- - - -

Hartford

-

7

6

2

33.33%

Hartland

Avon

-

-

-

-

Harwinton

Torrington

- - - -

Hebron

-

3

2

0

0.00%

Kent

Torrington

- - - -

Killingly

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Killingworth

-

3

3

1

33.33%

Lebanon

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Ledyard

-

2

2

1

50.00%

Lisbon

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Litchfield

Torrington

- - - -

Lyme

-

10

7

1

14.29%

Madison

-

26

23

3

13.04%

Manchester

-

17

11

1

9.09%

Mansfield

-

7

7

1

14.29%

Marlborough

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Meriden

-

6

6

2

33.33%

Middlebury

-

4

4

2

50.00%

Middlefield

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Middletown

-

6

6

3

50.00%

Milford

-

15

15

2

13.33%

Monroe

-

35

33

4

12.12%

Montville

Norwich

- - - -

Morris

Torrington

- - - -

Naugatuck

Shelton

-

-

-

-

New Britain

-

31

6

3

50.00%

New Canaan

-

188

171

53

30.99%

New Fairfield

-

13

13

3

23.08%

New Hartford

Avon

- - - -

New Haven

-

45

43

16

37.21%

New London

-

3

3

0

0.00%

New Milford

-

29

26

6

23.08%

Newington

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Newtown

-

205

190

45

23.68%

Norfolk

Torrington

- - - -

North Branford

Branford

-

-

-

-

North Canaan

-

1

1

0

0.00%

North Haven

-

52

50

14

28.00%

North Stonington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Norwalk

-

214

200

35

17.50%

Norwich

-

6

6

0

0.00%

Old Lyme

-

24

23

8

34.78%

Old Saybrook

-

3

1

0

0.00%

Orange

-

16

16

8

50.00%

Oxford

Southbury

- - - -

Plainfield

Killingly

- - - -

Plainville

-

1

1

1

100.00%

Plymouth

Torrington

- - - -

Pomfret

Killingly

- - - -

Portland

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Preston

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Prospect

Cheshire

-

-

-

-

Putnam

Killingly

1 1 0 0.00%

Redding

-

31

26

7

26.92%

Ridgefield

-

54

48

7

14.78%

Rocky Hill

Wethersfield

- - - -

Roxbury

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Salem

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Salisbury

Torrington

- - - -

Scotland

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Seymour

Shelton

- - - -

Sharon

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Shelton

-

41

38

13

34.21%

Sherman

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Simsbury

Avon

-

-

-

-

Somers

-

0

0

0

0.00%

South Windsor

-

5

3

2

66.67%

Southbury

-

91

82

16

18.82%

Southington

-

10

2

0

0.00%

Sprague

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Stafford

-

2

2

1

50.00%

Stamford

-

508

494

129

26.11%

Sterling

Killingly

- - - -

Stonington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Stratford

-

36

33

11

33.33%

Suffield

Enfield

- - - -

Thomaston

Torrington

- - - -

Thompson

Killingly

- - - -

Tolland

Mansfield

-

-

-

-

Torrington

-

383

370

101

27.30%

Trumbull

-

81

73

21

28.77%

Union

Stafford

- - - -

Vernon

Enfield

-

-

-

-

Voluntown

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Wallingford

-

11

11

1

9.09%

Warren

Torrington

-

- - -

Washington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Waterbury

-

50

45

8

17.78%

Waterford

-

1

1

0

0.00%

Watertown

Torrington

-

-

-

-

West Hartford

-

4

4

1

25.00%

West Haven

-

1

1

1

100.00%

Westbrook

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Weston

Westport

1

1

0

0.00%

Westport

-

209

198

48

24.24%

Wethersfield

-

5

4

1

25.00%

Willington

-

0

0

0

0.00%

Wilton

-

433

377

102

27.06%

Winchester

Torrington

- - - -

Windham

Enfield

1 1 1 100.00%

Windsor

-

12

10

3

30.00%

Windsor Locks

Enfield

-

-

-

-

Wolcott

Cheshire

- - - -

Woodbridge

North Haven

3

3

2

66.67%

Woodbury

Southbury

-

-

-

-

Woodstock

Killingly

-

-

-

-