A Survey of Tick Surveillance and Control Practices in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Tickborne diseases are an increasing public health threat in the United States. Prevention and diagnosis of tickborne diseases are improved by access to current and accurate information on where medically important ticks and their associated human and veterinary pathogens are present, their local abundance or prevalence, and when ticks are actively seeking hosts. The true extent of tick and tickborne pathogen expansion is poorly defined, in part because of a lack of nationally standardized tick surveillance. We surveyed 140 vector-borne disease professionals working in state, county, and local public health and vector control agencies to assess their 1) tick surveillance program objectives, 2) pathogen testing methods, 3) tick control practices, 4) data communication strategies, and 5) bar

SUBMITTER: Mader EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379860 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature