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Citizen Science Tick Observations Serve as an Early Warning System for Tick‐Borne Diseases
Zoonoses and public health, Vol.73(3), pp.234-243
2026
PMID: 41699433
Abstract
Crowdsourced tick observation data was associated with diagnosed Lyme borreliosis cases with a lag of 3–4 weeks and explained variation in case numbers beyond simple temperature‐driven seasonality.Models combining tick observation data and secondary variables controlling seasonality and spatial variation were able to predict weekly Lyme borreliosis cases on a nationwide scale regardless of observation source (humans, pets or all sources).Models on smaller spatial scales functioned with only tick observation and seasonality data and revealed varying temporal patterns driven by different phenologies of local tick species.
Details
- Title
- Citizen Science Tick Observations Serve as an Early Warning System for Tick‐Borne Diseases
- Authors/Creators
- Jani Jukka Sormunen - University of Turku
- Publication Details
- Zoonoses and public health, Vol.73(3), pp.234-243
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH GmbH.
- Number of pages
- 10
- Identifiers
- 991005877051107891
- Copyright
- © 2026 The Author(s).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 1 Clinical & Life Sciences
- 1.258 Zoonotic Diseases
- 1.258.227 Tick-borne Pathogens
- Web Of Science research areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Veterinary Sciences
- ESI research areas
- Plant & Animal Science