Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters with Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA

Keesing, Felicia; Mowry, Stacy; Bremer, William; Duerr, Shannon; Evans, Andrew S.; Fischhoff, Ilya R.; Hinckley, Alison F.; Hook, Sarah A.; Keating, Fiona; Pendleton, Jennifer; Pfister, Ashley; Teator, Marissa; Ostfeld, Richard S.

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Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters with Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA

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5 2022
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Emerg Infect Dis
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Keesing, Felicia ; Mowry, Stacy ; Bremer, William ; Duerr, Shannon ; Evans, Andrew S. ; Fischhoff, Ilya R. ; Hinckley, Alison F. ; Hook, Sarah A. ; Keating, Fiona ; Pendleton, Jennifer ; Pfister, Ashley ; Teator, Marissa ; Ostfeld, Richard S.
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Tickborne diseases (TBDs) such as Lyme disease result in ≈500,000 diagnoses annually in the United States. Various methods can reduce the abundance of ticks at small spatial scales, but whether these methods lower incidence of TBDs is poorly understood. We conducted a randomized, replicated, fully crossed, placebo-controlled, masked experiment to test whether 2 environmentally safe interventions, the Tick Control System (TCS) and Met52 fungal spray, used separately or together, affected risk for and incidence of TBDs in humans and pets in 24 residential neighborhoods. All participating properties in a neighborhood received the same treatment. TCS was associated with fewer questing ticks and fewer ticks feeding on rodents. The interventions did not result in a significant difference in incidence of human TBDs but did significantly reduce incidence in pets. Our study is consistent with previous evidence suggesting that reducing tick abundance in residential areas might not reduce incidence of TBDs in humans.
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Animals Bacteria Effects Of Tick-Control Interventions On Tick Abundance, Human Encounters With Ticks, And Incidence Of Tickborne Diseases In Residential Neighborhoods, New York, Usa Humans Incidence Ixodes Ixodes Scapularis Lyme Disease New York Prevention Research Tick-Borne Diseases Tickborne Disease Tick Control Ticks United States Vector-Borne Infections Zoonoses
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Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(5):957-966
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35447066
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PMC9045441
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Journal Article
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28
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5
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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