Enhancement of Risk for Lyme Disease by Landscape Connectivity, New York, New York, USA

VanAcker, Meredith C.; Little, Eliza A.H.; Molaei, Goudarz; Bajwa, Waheed I.; Diuk-Wasser, Maria A.

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Enhancement of Risk for Lyme Disease by Landscape Connectivity, New York, New York, USA

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June 2019
By VanAcker, Meredith C. ; Little, Eliza A.H. ; Molaei, Goudarz ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

VanAcker, Meredith C. ; Little, Eliza A.H. ; Molaei, Goudarz ; Bajwa, Waheed I. ; Diuk-Wasser, Maria A.
Description:

Most tickborne disease studies in the United States are conducted in low-intensity residential development and forested areas, leaving much unknown about urban infection risks. To understand Lyme disease risk in New York, New York, USA, we conducted tick surveys in 24 parks throughout all 5 boroughs and assessed how park connectivity and landscape composition contribute to Ixodes scapularis tick nymphal densities and Borrelia burgdorferi infection. We used circuit theory models to determine how parks differentially maintain landscape connectivity for white-tailed deer, the reproductive host for I. scapularis ticks. We found forested parks with vegetated buffers and increased connectivity had higher nymph densities, and the degree of park connectivity strongly determined B. burgdorferi nymphal infection prevalence. Our study challenges the perspective that tickborne disease risk is restricted to suburban and natural settings and emphasizes the need to understand how green space design affects vector and host communities in areas of emerging urban tickborne disease.
Subjects:

Animal Distribution Animals Borrelia Burgdorferi Ecosystem Humans Ixodes Lyme Disease Nymph Parks, Recreational Risk Factors
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 25(6):1136-1143
Pubmed ID:

31107213
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6537717
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

R01 GM105246/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CK000509/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

New York City, NY
Volume:

25
Issue:

6
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:01699173b48e0029b1113ba73339a2090e7af33ec9a2c8987f7c1a265220b070
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