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Table 1 Percentage of ticks collected by citizen scientists per species and state [% (#/n, 95% CI)]

From: Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States

 

I. scapularis

D. variabilis

A. americanum

Connecticut

56.1 (105/187, 48.7-63.3)

42.2 (79/187, 35.1–49.7)

0.5 (1/187, 0–3.4)

Massachusetts

59.9 (430/718, 56.2–63.5)

39.1 (281/718, 35.6–42.8)

0.7 (5/718, 0.3–1.7)

Maine

63.8 (339/531, 59.6–67.9)

33.5 (178/531, 29.5–37.7)

1.3 (7/531, 0.6–2.8)

New Hampshire

46.2 (152/329, 40.7–51.8)

51.1 (168/329, 45.5–56.6)

0.3 (1/329, 0–2)

New Jersey

36.9 (149/404, 32.2–41.8)

32.9 (133/404, 28.4–37.8)

29.5 (119/404, 25.1–34.2)

New York

69.4 (686/988, 66.4–72.3)

19.1 (189/988, 16.8–21.8)

9.3 (92/988, 7.6–11.3)

Pennsylvania

63.3 (609/962, 60.2–66.3)

33.8 (325/962, 30.8–36.9)

1.5 (14/962, 0.8–2.5)

Rhode Island

74.5 (35/47, 59.4–85.6)

23.4 (11/47, 12.8–38.4)

2.1 (1/47, 0.1–12.7)

Vermont

72.6 (69/95, 62.4–81)

25.3 (24/95, 17.2–35.4)

1.1 (1/95, 0.1–6.6)