Summary of Tick Testing Results for 1996
A total of 5,612 ticks feeding on humans were submitted for identification in 1996. Of these, 4,951 were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism of Lyme disease, and 1,059 (21.4%) were found to carry this organism. The species names and numbers of specimens received, tested, and found positive are shown in the table below.
Name of Species |
Common Name |
Number Received |
Number Tested |
Number Positive |
| Ixodes scapularis | Black-legged ("deer") Tick | 5183 |
4901 |
1051 |
| Dermacentor variabilis | American Dog Tick | 381 |
4 |
0 |
| Amblyomma americanum | Lone Star Tick | 41 |
39 |
7 |
| Ixodes cookei | 4 |
4 |
1 |
|
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Brown Dog Tick | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Dermacentor imatator (acquired in Belize) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
| Ixodes ricinus (acquired in Europe) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Summary by Town 1996
The number of ticks submitted in 1996 from each town, and the number infected, are summarized by town. Towns named in parentheses are those towns served by regional health districts with headquarters in the town listed.
Town |
Total Submitted |
Total Tested |
Total |
| Avon (Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, East Granby, Farmington, Granby, Hartland, New Hartford, Simsbury) | 32 |
31 |
2 |
| Bethany | 18 |
18 |
3 |
| Bethel | 23 |
17 |
5 |
| Bethlehem | 1 |
1 |
1 |
| Bolton | 2 |
0 |
0 |
| Bozrah | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Branford (East Haven, North Branford) | 159 |
79 |
14 |
| Bridgeport | 17 |
11 |
2 |
| Bridgewater (Roxbury) | 11 |
9 |
2 |
| Bristol (Burlington) | 25 |
4 |
1 |
| Brookfield | 16 |
13 |
2 |
| Brooklyn (Ashford, Canterbury, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly,Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock) | 74 |
71 |
14 |
| Burlington | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Cheshire (Prospect, Wolcott) | 62 |
47 |
7 |
| Chester | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Clinton | 27 |
23 |
3 |
| Colchester | 6 |
4 |
2 |
| Columbia | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Cromwell | 1 |
0 |
0 |
| Danbury | 14 |
10 |
3 |
| Darien | 352 |
320 |
55 |
| Deep River | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Derby | 14 |
0 |
0 |
| Durham | 3 |
3 |
2 |
| East Granby | 13 |
7 |
0 |
| East Haddam | 2 |
1 |
0 |
| East Hampton | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| East Hartford | 2 |
2 |
1 |
| East Haven | 3 |
3 |
1 |
| Easton | 18 |
18 |
6 |
| Enfield (East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Suffield, Vernon, Windham, Windsor Locks) | 8 |
7 |
1 |
| Essex | 2 |
2 |
1 |
| Fairfield | 102 |
97 |
27 |
| Farmington | 4 |
4 |
1 |
| Glastonbury | 16 |
15 |
7 |
| Granby | 3 |
2 |
1 |
| Greenwich | 670 |
657 |
165 |
| Griswold (Lisbon, Voluntown) | 2 |
2 |
1 |
| Groton | 2 |
2 |
0 |
| Guilford | 76 |
73 |
10 |
| Haddam | 2 |
2 |
0 |
| Hamden (North Haven, Woodbridge) | 53 |
47 |
17 |
| Hartford (State Health Department) | 195 |
154 |
32 |
| Hebron | 7 |
5 |
0 |
| Kent | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Killingworth | 3 |
2 |
1 |
| Lebanon | 2 |
2 |
1 |
| Ledyard | 4 |
3 |
1 |
| Lyme | 10 |
9 |
3 |
| Madison | 34 |
30 |
6 |
| Manchester | 7 |
7 |
0 |
| Mansfield (Bolton, Coventry) | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Meriden | 10 |
10 |
0 |
| Middletown | 8 |
8 |
3 |
| Milford | 6 |
5 |
1 |
| Monroe | 87 |
66 |
12 |
| New Britain | 11 |
7 |
1 |
| New Canaan | 185 |
166 |
39 |
| New Fairfield | 17 |
15 |
4 |
| New Haven | 17 |
12 |
3 |
| New London | 2 |
2 |
2 |
| New Milford | 65 |
59 |
12 |
| Newtown | 466 |
424 |
85 |
| North Branford | 5 |
4 |
0 |
| North Canaan | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| North Haven | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Norwalk | 348 |
299 |
52 |
| Norwich | 5 |
4 |
2 |
| Old Lyme | 27 |
23 |
5 |
| Old Saybrook | 1 |
0 |
0 |
| Orange | 19 |
16 |
3 |
| Plainville | 2 |
2 |
0 |
| Plymouth | 34 |
26 |
4 |
| Prospect | 2 |
2 |
0 |
| Redding | 34 |
30 |
6 |
| Ridgefield | 58 |
52 |
9 |
| Rocky Hill | 4 |
3 |
0 |
| Salem | 2 |
1 |
0 |
| Salisbury | 1 |
0 |
0 |
| Shelton (Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby,Naugatuck, Seymour) | 28 |
22 |
3 |
| South Windsor | 5 |
4 |
1 |
| Southbury (Oxford, Woodbury) | 155 |
138 |
21 |
| Southington | 3 |
2 |
0 |
| Stafford | 2 |
2 |
0 |
| Stamford | 900 |
830 |
207 |
| Stratford | 89 |
68 |
15 |
| Suffield | 4 |
3 |
0 |
| Tolland | 3 |
3 |
1 |
| Torrington (Bethlehem, Cornwall, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, Norfolk, Salisbury, Thomaston, Warren, Watertown, Winchester) | 341 |
311 |
60 |
| Trumbull | 119 |
108 |
19 |
| Union | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Wallingford | 12 |
7 |
1 |
| Washington | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Waterbury | 20 |
18 |
3 |
| Waterford | 3 |
3 |
0 |
| West Hartford (Bloomfield) | 12 |
12 |
4 |
| West Haven | 5 |
4 |
2 |
| Westbrook | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Weston | 1 |
1 |
0 |
| Westport (Weston) | 81 |
81 |
14 |
| Wethersfield | 2 |
2 |
1 |
| Wilton | 291 |
260 |
63 |
| Windsor | 4 |
3 |
0 |
| Woodbridge | 5 |
5 |
1 |
| Woodbury | 1 |
1 |
0 |