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Volume 28, Number 5—May 2022

Research

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

Felicia Keesing1Comments to Author , 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. Ostfeld1
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.

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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1These authors contributed equally to this article and were co-principal investigators.

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