Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters with Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA
Felicia Keesing
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, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Alison F. Hinckley, Sarah A. Hook, Fiona Keating, Jennifer Pendleton, Ashley Pfister, Marissa Teator, and Richard S. Ostfeld
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Author affiliations: Bard College, Annandale, New York, USA (F. Keesing); Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA (S. Mowry, W. Bremer, S. Duerr, I.R. Fischhoff, F. Keating, J. Pendleton, A. Pfister, M. Teator, R.S. Ostfeld); Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA (A.S. Evans Jr.); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (A.F. Hinckley, S.A. Hook)
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Figure 3. Weighted mean number of ticks on white-footed mice (A) and chipmunks (B) as a function of tick-control treatment, New York, USA, 2017–2019. Means represent the average of the 6 neighborhoods in each treatment group, whereas error bars represent SEs. Note that the scale of the y-axes differs. TCS, Tick Control System.
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