Summary of Tick Testing Results for 2004
A total of 4873 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 2004. Of these, 4283 were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 1645 (38%) 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 |
4495 |
|
Dermacentor variabilis |
American Dog Tick |
326 |
|
Amblyomma americanum |
Lone Star Tick |
47 |
|
Ixodes cookei |
(normally on woodchucks) |
3 |
|
Ixodes dentatus |
(normally on rabbits) |
1 |
|
Rhipicephalus sanguineus |
Brown Dog 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 deer ticks over the past five years.
| Year | Total Identified | Total Tested | Total Positive | Percent Positive |
|
2000 |
6687 |
6299 |
1501 |
24 |
|
2001 |
5849 |
5588 |
1434 |
26 |
|
2002 |
6437 |
6212 |
1770 |
28 |
|
2003 |
5886 |
5673 |
1735 |
31 |
|
2004 |
4495 |
4231 |
1645 |
39 |
The number of deer ticks submitted from each town and the number infected are summarized by town for the year 2004. If the town is served by a health district, its totals are included with the town listed in the second column. For example,
| Town | Health District Town | Total Identified | Total Tested | Total Positive | Percent Positive |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ashford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
230 |
219 |
76 |
34.70% |
|
Barkhamsted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
11 |
4 |
36.36% |
|
|
|
11 |
11 |
6 |
54.55% |
|
|
|
39 |
35 |
9 |
25.71% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
2 |
66.67% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bozrah |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branford |
|
33 |
30 |
12 |
40.00% |
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
6 |
60.00% |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
13 |
9 |
1 |
11.11% |
|
|
|
48 |
38 |
13 |
34.21% |
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Chaplin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79 |
74 |
24 |
32.43% |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
Old Saybrook |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
7 |
7 |
3 |
42.86% |
|
Colebrook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cromwell |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
216 |
211 |
81 |
38.39% |
|
|
Old Saybrook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
2 |
66.67% |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
Branford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eastford |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
33 |
12 |
36.36% |
|
Ellington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
3 |
30.00% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
8 |
6 |
3 |
50.00% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
13 |
5 |
38.46% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
196 |
191 |
88 |
46.07% |
|
Griswold |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
73 |
69 |
32 |
46.38% |
|
|
|
34 |
30 |
13 |
43.33% |
|
Haddam |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
28 |
28 |
6 |
21.43% |
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
Hartland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harwinton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
Killingly |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Killingworth |
|
4 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Ledyard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Litchfield |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lyme |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
14 |
14 |
6 |
42.86% |
|
|
|
12 |
11 |
3 |
27.27% |
|
|
|
11 |
11 |
7 |
63.64% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
8 |
6 |
75.00% |
|
Middlebury |
|
16 |
16 |
6 |
37.50% |
|
Middlefield |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
|
4 |
4 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
11 |
11 |
3 |
27.27% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
10 |
8 |
3 |
37.50% |
|
|
|
297 |
265 |
103 |
38.87% |
|
New |
|
13 |
10 |
1 |
10.00% |
|
New |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
21 |
5 |
23.81% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
32 |
31 |
12 |
38.71% |
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
305 |
262 |
113 |
43.13% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
34 |
34 |
14 |
41.18% |
|
North Stonington |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
213 |
210 |
94 |
44.76% |
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Old Lyme |
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Old Saybrook |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
14 |
14 |
5 |
35.71% |
|
|
Southbury |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Pomfret |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Prospect |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Putnam |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
27 |
7 |
25.93% |
|
|
|
162 |
154 |
58 |
37.66% |
|
Rocky Hill |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Roxbury |
|
9 |
9 |
1 |
11.11% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
81 |
78 |
22 |
28.21% |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
|
|
4 |
4 |
2 |
50.00% |
|
Somers |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
Southbury |
|
200 |
188 |
79 |
42.02% |
|
|
|
37 |
28 |
11 |
39.29% |
|
Sprague |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
372 |
359 |
132 |
36.77% |
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
38 |
37 |
22 |
59.46% |
|
Suffield |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomaston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thompson |
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
Tolland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
629 |
619 |
246 |
39.74% |
|
|
|
105 |
102 |
32 |
31.37% |
|
|
Killingly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Voluntown |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
18 |
17 |
2 |
11.76% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
24 |
23 |
6 |
26.09% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
|
4 |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Westbrook |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Weston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
264 |
259 |
107 |
41.31% |
|
|
|
5 |
5 |
3 |
60.00% |
|
Willington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
302 |
262 |
106 |
40.46% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
|
|
6 |
6 |
5 |
83.33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wolcott |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
33.33% |
|
Woodbury |
Southbury |
2 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
|
|
Killingly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |