Deer Tick Surveillance: Adults (Oct to Dec) excluding Powassan virus: Beginning 2008

This dataset provides the results from collecting and testing adult deer ticks, also known as blacklegged ticks, or by their scientific name <i>Ixodes scapularis</i>. 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 individually tested for different bacteria and parasites, which includes the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease. 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 infections at a precise location and at one point in time. Both measures, tick population density and percentage, of ticks infected with the specified bacteria or parasite 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.

本数据集提供了对成年鹿蜱（亦称黑腿蜱或其学名<Ixodes scapularis</i>）的采集与测试结果。采集与测试活动在纽约州（不包括纽约市）进行，时间为每年的十月至十二月，此时成年鹿蜱最为常见。成年鹿蜱将单独进行不同细菌和寄生虫的检测，包括导致莱姆病的细菌。这些数据应仅用于教育公众了解接触蜱虫及其携带疾病的潜在风险。这些数据仅提供了特定地点和特定时间点的成年蜱感染情况。蜱虫种群密度和感染指定细菌或寄生虫的蜱虫百分比，在非常小的区域和县内都可能存在极大的差异。因此，不应将这些数据用于广泛预测一个县的疾病风险。在本页面的下方，您可以找到关于蜱虫预防的建议链接、如何安全移除蜱虫的视频以及更多蜱虫检测数据集。交互式图表和地图提供了更便捷的数据查看方式。