[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of pathogens in ticks collected from humans through citizen science in Belgium

T Lernout, N De Regge, K Tersago, M Fonville… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
… However, the evaluation of pathogens in feeding ticks … study on the prevalence of several
tick-borne pathogens in ticks … over the country, with the participation of citizens. The choice of …

[HTML][HTML] Using citizen science to describe the prevalence and distribution of tick bite and exposure to tick-borne diseases in the United States

NC Nieto, WT Porter, JC Wachara, TJ Lowrey… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… It therefore seems feasible that citizen science contributions can augment our scientific
pathogen geographic distributions, as well as to monitor changes in the ranges over time [12]. …

Citizen science provides an efficient method for broad-scale tick-borne pathogen surveillance of Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis across the United States

WT Porter, J Wachara, ZA Barrand, NC Nieto… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
… timely estimates of pathogen prevalence and distributions … citizen science tick collection
and testing program to describe the distribution and prevalence of four Ixodes-borne pathogens, …

Citizen science helps predict risk of emerging infectious disease

RK Meentemeyer, MA Dorning… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… areas, not infection prevalence of the plant host population. … , citizen-science efforts have
enhanced pathogen risk management and response. The emergence of pests and pathogens

[HTML][HTML] Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States

WT Porter, PJ Motyka, J Wachara, ZA Barrand… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Citizen science provides a low-cost and effective … Citizen science provides a method
for broad pathogen and tick … Additionally, pathogen prevalence was calculated based on …

[HTML][HTML] A citizen science approach to investigate the distribution, abundance, and pathogen infection of vector ticks through active surveillance

ES Ballman, JE Leahy, CC Sponarski, MG Galli… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
… Our detection of tick-borne pathogen infection prevalence similar to the state's passive
surveillance … that our results are well representative of statewide tick-borne pathogen prevalence. …

Tick exposure and risk of tick‐borne pathogens infection in hunters and hunting dogs: A citizen science approach

G Sgroi, R Iatta, RP Lia, E Napoli… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science may be described as a research involving communities and individuals,
other than scientists. Following this approach, along with the evidence of a high prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Combining citizen science and genomics to investigate tick, pathogen, and commensal microbiome at single-tick resolution

G Chauhan, J McClure, J Hekman, PW Marsh… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… The prevalence of tickborne diseases worldwide is increasing virtually unchecked due to …
pathogens are influenced by the tick microbiome, tick co-infection with other pathogens, and …

[HTML][HTML] Does bird life-history influence the prevalence of ticks? A citizen science study in North East Spain

J Veiga, O Baltà, J Figuerola - One Health, 2024 - Elsevier
… surveillance of tick populations and pathogens for early detection of outbreaks (eg virus
Crimea-Congo in Spain [34]). When analysing tick prevalence we found important differences …

[HTML][HTML] Combining citizen science and molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sl and Borrelia miyamotoi in tick pools …

J Shan, Y Jia, P Hickenbotham, L Teulières… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… Together, the citizen science-based approach provided an estimation of the carriage rate of
citizen science with the molecular diagnostic method to reveal hidden pattern of pathogen-…