Linking human tick bite risk with tick abundance in the environment: A novel approach to quantify tick bite risk using orienteers in Scotland

Autor: Rita Ribeiro, Jude I. Eze, Lucy Gilbert, Alastair Macrae, Andrew Duncan, Jo Baughan, George Gunn, Harriet Auty

Publikováno v: Ribeiro, R, Eze, J, Gilbert, L, Macrae, A, Duncan, A, Baughan, J, Gunn, G & Auty, H 2023, ' Linking human tick bite risk with tick abundance in the environment: a novel approach to quantify tick bite risk using orienteers in Scotland ', Ticks and tick-borne diseases, vol. 14, no. 2, 102109 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102109

The rate that people are bitten by ticks is critical in determining the risk of tick-borne infections but is rarely quantified accurately. Often tick abundance in the environment is used as a proxy for tick bite risk, but the relationship with risk i

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102109