Deer Tick Surveillance: Adults (Oct to Dec) Powassan Virus Only: Beginning 2009

This dataset provides the results from collecting and testing adult deer ticks, also known as blacklegged ticks, or by their scientific name Ixodes scapularis. Collection and testing take place across New York State (excluding New York City) from October to December, when adult deer ticks are most commonly seen. Adult deer ticks are tested in “pools”, or groups of up to ten adult ticks per pool, for the Powassan virus, also known as Deer tick virus. These data should simply be used to educate people that there is a risk of coming in contact with ticks and tick-borne diseases. These data only provide adult tick minimum infection rates at a precise location and at a point in time. Both measures, tick population density and minimum infection percentages, can vary greatly within a very small area and within a county. These data should not be used to broadly predict disease risk for a county. Further below on this page you can find links to tick prevention tips, a video on how to safely remove a tick, and more datasets with tick testing results. Interactive charts and maps provide an easier way to view the data.

本数据集收录了成鹿蜱（adult deer ticks，又称黑腿蜱blacklegged ticks，学名为Ixodes scapularis）的采集与检测结果。采集及检测工作于纽约州（不含纽约市）范围内开展，时段为10月至12月——该时段为成鹿蜱的高发观测期。成鹿蜱以“检测池”（pools）为单位开展检测，每个检测池最多容纳10只成蜱，检测目标为鲍氏柔蜱病毒（Powassan virus，又称鹿蜱病毒Deer tick virus）。本数据集仅用于向公众科普蜱虫接触及蜱传疾病（tick-borne diseases）的感染风险，仅提供特定精确点位与特定时点下的成鹿蜱最低感染率。蜱虫种群密度与最低感染率两项指标在极小区域乃至单个县域内均可出现显著波动，因此不得使用本数据集对单个县域的疾病风险进行宽泛预测。本页面下方可获取蜱虫防控小贴士、蜱虫安全移除教学视频链接，以及更多蜱虫检测相关数据集。交互式图表与地图可大幅简化数据浏览流程。