Deer Tick Surveillance: Nymphs (May to Sept) Powassan Virus Only: Beginning 2009

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 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 nymph tick minimum infection rates at a precise location and at one 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.

本数据集收录并测试了鹿蜱，亦称黑腿蜱，或以其学名《Ixodes scapularis》指称。收集和测试工作在纽约州（不包括纽约市）范围内进行，时间跨越五月至九月，此期间鹿蜱最为常见。鹿蜱以“池”为单位进行检测，每池包含最多十只成年蜱虫，以检测 Powassan 病毒，亦称为鹿蜱病毒。这些数据旨在向公众普及接触蜱虫及其携带疾病的风险。数据仅提供了特定地点和特定时间点的鹿蜱最低感染率，蜱虫种群密度和最低感染百分比在小范围内及县域内都可能存在较大差异，因此，这些数据不应用于预测县域范围内的疾病风险。在本页下方，您可以找到有关蜱虫预防措施的超链接、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。