Ability of Two Commercially Available Host-Targeted Technologies to Reduce Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Residential Landscape

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• Alternative Title:
  J Med Entomol
• Personal Author:
  Jordan, Robert A. ; Schulze, Terry L.
• Description:
  Host-targeted technologies provide an alternative to the use of conventional pesticide applications to reduce the abundance of Ixodes scapularis Say, the vector for an array of tick-associated human diseases. We compared the ability of Damminx Tick Tubes (Damminix) and SELECT Tick Control System (Select TCS) bait boxes to control host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs in a wooded residential environment. Small mammals accepted and used Select TCS bait boxes with greater frequency compared to Damminix tubes over the course of the 2-yr trial. Nymphal tick infestation prevalence and intensity on captured mice and chipmunks provided no conclusive evidence of a treatment effect during May-June of both years. However, both treatments had a measurable effect on larval tick burdens in July-August and the magnitude of the effect was greater at the Select TCS-treated area and reflected the fact that Select TCS effectively treated chipmunks, while Damminix did not. Deployment of Damminix resulted in 27.6 and 20.3% control of questing nymphs in treated areas at 1 yr and 2 yr postintervention, while Select TCS bait boxes provided 84.0 and 79.1% control, respectively. The economics of residential tick control using these products in wooded residential landscapes is discussed.
• Subjects:
  Animals Ixodes Mice Nymph Peromyscus Sciuridae Tick Control
• Keywords:
  Damminix Tick Tubes Ixodes Scapularis SELECT TCS
• Source:
  J Med Entomol. 56(4):1095-1101
• Pubmed ID:
  30984975
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8116133
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; HHSD2002013M54270P/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; HHSD2002014M59319P/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:577b9d29c2da4bce895f30d83d085f8e56054aa7fe6925e23bf7d446b4e9eb37
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106221/cdc_106221_DS1.pdf
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