Quantitative Evaluation of Sampling Methods for Ixodes dammini and Amblyommaamericanum (Acari: Ixodidae)

摘要

Three tick-sampling methods (dry ice-baited tick traps, cloth drags, andambulatory human host) were evaluated to determine which technique yielded the greatest capture of host-seeking stages of Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman and Corwin and Amblyomma americanum (L.). The most reliable method, catching more stages and significantly more numbers of I. dammini and A. americanum, was dry ice-baited tick traps. There were no significant differences between the drag and human-host methods for any stage of ticks (I. dammini and A. americanum) collected. The numbers of ticks caught during the study were 5,052 by dry ice-baited tick traps, 199 by cloth drags, and 89 b ambulator human host. Acarina, Ixodes dammini, Amblyomma americanum, tick sampling methods.