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.

本数据集收集并测试了成年鹿蜱，亦称黑腿蜱，或以其学名 Ixodes scapularis 知之。收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。成年鹿蜱以‘池’为单位进行测试，每个池包含最多十个成年蜱虫，以检测 Powassan 病毒，亦称鹿蜱病毒。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风险。这些数据仅提供特定地点和特定时间点的成年蜱虫最低感染率，而蜱虫种群密度和最低感染百分比在极小区域内和县级行政区内均可存在显著差异。因此，这些数据不应用于预测整个县的疾病风险。在本页下方，您可以找到关于蜱虫预防的建议链接、如何安全去除蜱虫的视频以及其他蜱虫检测数据集。交互式图表和地图提供了一种更便捷的数据查看方式。