A COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR SAMPLING THE DEER TICK, IXODES-DAMMINI, IN A LYME-DISEASE ENDEMIC AREA

被引：137
作者：
FALCO, RC
FISH, D
机构：
[1] Westchester County Department of Health, Bureau of Disease Control, White Plains, NY
[2] Medical Entomology Laboratory, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 10595, NY
来源：
EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY | 1992年 / 14卷 / 02期
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10.1007/BF01219108
中图分类号：
Q96 [昆虫学];
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摘要：
The purpose of this study was to compare the trapping and examining of mice, drag sampling, and CO2-baited traps for their ability to detect the presence and abundance of immature deer ticks, Ixodes dammini, in a Lyme disease endemic area in southern New York State. Eight study sites were sampled 14 times between 28 May and 31 August by setting 49 live-traps, four CO2-baited traps, and drag sampling 500 m2. A total of 1540 nymphs and 3079 larvae was collected during the study. Drag sampling collected the most nymphs (705), while more larvae were recovered from CO2-baited traps (1105). Comparisons among the methods showed a significant difference in the numbers of both larval and nymphal ticks collected (P<0.01). There was a positive correlation between the numbers of nymphs collected by drag sampling and CO2-baited tick traps (r(s)=0.83, P<0.05), and between the numbers of larvae collected by drag sampling and mouse trapping (r(s)=0.75, P<0.05). These results suggest that drag sampling would be the single most reliable method for quantitatively sampling immature I. dammini populations in a Lyme disease endemic area.
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