Deer Tick Surveillance: Nymphs (May to Sept) excluding Powassan virus: Beginning 2008

This dataset provides the results from collecting and testing nymph 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 May to September, when nymph deer ticks are most commonly seen.

Nymph 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 nymph 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.

本数据集收录并测试了鹿蜱，亦称黑腿蜱，或以其学名 <i>Ixodes scapularis</i> 称之。收集与测试活动贯穿纽约州全境（不包括纽约市），时间定于五月至九月，此期间鹿蜱最为常见。鹿蜱个体将接受多种细菌和寄生虫的检测，其中包括导致莱姆病的病原细菌。这些数据旨在普及人们接触蜱虫及蜱传播疾病的风险认知。数据仅提供特定地点和某一时间点的鹿蜱感染情况。蜱虫种群密度及其感染指定细菌或寄生虫的百分比，在极小的地理范围内以及县级行政区域内都可能存在显著差异。因此，这些数据不宜用于广泛预测县级行政区域内的疾病风险。在本页下方，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测试结果数据集。交互式图表和地图的使用，可更便捷地浏览数据。