Personal protection measures to prevent tick bites in the United States: Knowledge gaps, challenges, and opportunities

Reported County-Level Distribution of Lyme Disease Spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia mayonii (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), in Host-Seeking Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Contiguous United States

(2021) Amy C Fleshman et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Control of ixodid ticks and prevention of tick-borne diseases in the United States: The prospect of a new Lyme disease vaccine and the continuing problem with tick exposure on residential properties

(2021) Lars Eisen   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Preventing tick-bites among children in Indiana, USA: An analysis of factors associated with parental protective behaviors

(2021) Oghenekaro Omodior et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Tick exposures and alpha-gal syndrome: A systematic review of the evidence

(2021) Ian Young et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Tick bite frequency, prevention practices and Lyme disease diagnoses among U.S. Hispanic survey respondents

(2021) Alyssa Beck et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Experience and knowledge of Lyme disease: A scoping review of patient-provider communication

(2021) Anna T. Nesgos et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Behaviors Among Participants in a Tick Surveillance System Compared with a Sample Of Master Gardeners

(2021) Heather L. Kopsco et al.   JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

Preliminary Evaluation of Human Personal Protective Measures Against the Nymphal Stage of the Asian Longhorned Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2020) Erik Foster et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ixodes scapularis saliva components that elicit responses associated with acquired tick-resistance

(2020) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Botanical acaricides and repellents in tick control: current status and future directions

(2020) Chuks F. Nwanade et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Protective Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Permethrin Impregnated Clothing Against Tick Bites in an Endemic Lyme Disease Setting: A Randomized Control Trial Among Outdoor Workers

(2020) Cedar Mitchell et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Barriers to Effective Tick Management and Tick-Bite Prevention in the United States (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2020) Lars Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Tick and Tickborne Pathogen Surveillance as a Public Health Tool in the United States

(2020) Rebecca J Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Ticks, Tick-Borne Pathogens, and Tick Prevention among Beef Producers in Oklahoma

(2020) Bruce H. Noden et al.   SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST

Tickborne disease awareness and protective practices among U.S. Forest Service employees from the upper Midwest, USA

(2020) Anna Schotthoefer et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Association between lone star tick bites and increased alpha-gal sensitization: evidence from a prospective cohort of outdoor workers

(2020) Cedar L. Mitchell et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease

(2020) Paul M Lantos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Acquired tick resistance: The trail is hot

(2020) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

Experiences with tick exposure, Lyme disease, and use of personal prevention methods for tick bites among members of the U.S. population, 2013–2015

(2020) C.C. Nawrocki et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Tick Preventive Behaviors and Practices Adopted by Medical Students from Poland, Germany, and Thailand in Relation to Socio-Demographic Conditions and Their Knowledge of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

(2020) Alicja Buczek et al.   Insects

Prevalence of single and coinfections of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks from five geographical regions in the United States, 2013–2019

(2020) Aine Lehane et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

The growing importance of lone star ticks in a Lyme disease endemic county: Passive tick surveillance in Monmouth County, NJ, 2006 – 2016

(2019) Robert A. Jordan et al.   PLoS One

Counterattacking the tick bite: towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission

(2019) Ryan O. M. Rego et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Predicting spatiotemporal patterns of Lyme disease incidence from passively collected surveillance data for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks

(2019) Eliza A.H. Little et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

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

(2019) W. Tanner Porter et al.   International Journal of Health Geographics

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Tick-borne Disease Prevention in Endemic Areas

(2019) Sara Niesobecki et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Knowledge and prevention of tickborne diseases among Hispanic and non‐Hispanic residents of Maryland and Virginia

(2019) Shu Yang Hu et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Time of year and outdoor recreation affect human exposure to ticks in California, United States

(2019) Daniel J. Salkeld et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Protective Immunity and New Vaccines for Lyme Disease

(2019) Maria Gomes-Solecki et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Seasonality and anatomical location of human tick bites in the United Kingdom

(2019) Benjamin Cull et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Bracing for the Worst — Range Expansion of the Lone Star Tick in the Northeastern United States

(2019) Goudarz Molaei et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites

(2019) Audrey‐Ann Journault et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Learning to live with ticks? The role of exposure and risk perceptions in protective behaviour against tick-borne diseases

(2018) Daniel Slunge et al.   PLoS One

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

(2018) Nathan C. Nieto et al.   PLoS One

The Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis : An Increasing Public Health Concern

(2018) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

In vitro bioassays used in evaluating plant extracts for tick repellent and acaricidal properties: A critical review

(2018) Olubukola Tolulope Adenubi et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Risk factors for tick exposure in suburban settings in the Northeastern United States

(2018) P. Mead et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Knowledge and preventive behaviors towards tick-borne diseases in Delaware

(2018) Sangeeta Gupta et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Pathogen transmission in relation to duration of attachment by Ixodes scapularis ticks

(2018) Lars Eisen   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Range Expansion of Tick Disease Vectors in North America: Implications for Spread of Tick-Borne Disease

(2018) Daniel Sonenshine   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Vital Signs: Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016

(2018) Ronald Rosenberg et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Human-Biting Ixodes Ticks and Pathogen Prevalence from California, Oregon, and Washington

(2018) Guang Xu et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Tick-Borne Zoonoses in the United States: Persistent and Emerging Threats to Human Health

(2017) Rebecca J Eisen et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

Targeting a global health problem: Vaccine design and challenges for the control of tick-borne diseases

(2017) José de la Fuente et al.   VACCINE

Pet ownership increases human risk of encountering ticks

(2017) E. H. Jones et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Bioassays to evaluate non-contact spatial repellency, contact irritancy, and acute toxicity of permethrin-treated clothing against nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks

(2017) Lars Eisen et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases, Finland

(2017) Viktor Zöldi et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Exposure and preventive behaviours toward ticks and Lyme disease in Canada: Results from a first national survey

(2017) Cécile Aenishaenslin et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Comparing the effect of a leaflet and a movie in preventing tick bites and Lyme disease in The Netherlands

(2016) Desirée Jacqueline Mathieu Angéliqu Beaujean et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Education on tick bite and Lyme borreliosis prevention, aimed at schoolchildren in the Netherlands: comparing the effects of an online educational video game versus a leaflet or no intervention

(2016) D. J. M. A. Beaujean et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Repellency to ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of extracts of Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae) and the anti-inflammatory DogsBestFriend™

(2016) J. F. Carroll et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Evidence for Personal Protective Measures to Reduce Human Contact With Blacklegged Ticks and for Environmentally Based Control Methods to Suppress Host-Seeking Blacklegged Ticks and Reduce Infection with Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Tick Vectors and Rodent Reservoirs

(2016) Lars Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Critical Evaluation of the Linkage Between Tick-Based Risk Measures and the Occurrence of Lyme Disease Cases: Table 1.

(2016) Lars Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Revisiting detachment techniques in human-biting ticks

(2016) Asli Akin Belli et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Factors associated with tick bites and pathogen prevalence in ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia, USA

(2016) Elizabeth R. Gleim et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Tick repellents and acaricides of botanical origin: a green roadmap to control tick-borne diseases?

(2016) Giovanni Benelli et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

A School-Based Intervention to Increase Lyme Disease Preventive Measures Among Elementary School-Aged Children

(2016) Nancy A. Shadick et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Passive Surveillance ofIxodes scapularis(Say), Their Biting Activity, and Associated Pathogens in Massachusetts

(2016) Guang Xu et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Human behaviors elevating the risk of exposure to Ixodes ricinus larvae and nymphs in two types of lowland coniferous forests in west-central Poland

(2016) Anna Wierzbicka et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

The heat is on: Killing blacklegged ticks in residential washers and dryers to prevent tickborne diseases

(2016) Christina A. Nelson et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Tick-borne disease preventive practices and perceptions in an endemic area

(2016) Amber D. Butler et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Evidence of rapid changes in Lyme disease awareness in Canada

(2016) Cécile Aenishaenslin et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Factors associated with preventive behaviors regarding Lyme disease in Canada and Switzerland: a comparative study

(2015) Cécile Aenishaenslin et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Repellent efficacy of DEET, Icaridin, and EBAAP against Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis nymphs (Acari, Ixodidae)

(2015) Kerstin Büchel et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

U.S. public's experience with ticks and tick-borne diseases: Results from national HealthStyles surveys

(2015) Sarah A. Hook et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Prolonged Efficacy of IR3535 Repellents Against Mosquitoes and Blacklegged Ticks in North America

(2015) Scott P. Carroll   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Long-lasting Permethrin Impregnated Uniforms

(2014) Meagan F. Vaughn et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Effectiveness of permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick exposure in foresters in the central Appalachian region of the USA

(2014) Stephanie L. Richards et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Pilot study assessing the effectiveness of factory-treated, long-lasting permethrin-impregnated clothing for the prevention of tick bites during occupational tick exposure in highly infested military training areas, Germany

(2014) Michael K. Faulde et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Integrated Assessment of Behavioral and Environmental Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Infection on Block Island, Rhode Island

(2014) Casey Finch et al.   PLoS One

Exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi and Other Tick-Borne Pathogens in Gettysburg National Military Park, South-Central Pennsylvania, 2009

(2014) George S. Han et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Tick Repellents for Human Use: Prevention of Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Diseases

(2014) Frédéric Pages et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Predictors of protective behaviour against ticks in the UK: A mixed methods study

(2014) Fiona Mowbray et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Study on public perceptions and protective behaviors regarding Lyme disease among the general public in the Netherlands: implications for prevention programs

(2013) Desirée Jacqueline Mathieu Angéliqu Beaujean et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Determinants and protective behaviours regarding tick bites among school children in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

(2013) Desiree JMA Beaujean et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from humans in Northern Europe: seasonal pattern of infestation, attachment sites and duration of feeding

(2013) Peter Wilhelmsson et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Knowledge and prevention of tick-borne diseases vary across an urban-to-rural human land-use gradient

(2013) Brett R. Bayles et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Efficacy testing of several Ixodes ricinus tick repellents: Different results with different assays

(2013) Hans Dautel et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Efficacy of Plant-Derived and Synthetic Compounds on Clothing as Repellents AgainstIxodes scapularisandAmblyomma americanum(Acari: Ixodidae)

(2012) Robert A. Jordan et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ticking All the Boxes? A Systematic Review of Education and Communication Interventions to Prevent Tick-Borne Disease

(2012) Fiona Mowbray et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Tick Bite Protection With Permethrin-Treated Summer-Weight Clothing

(2011) Nathan J. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Pilot Study Assessing the Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Permethrin-Impregnated Clothing for the Prevention of Tick Bites

(2011) Meagan F. Vaughn et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Peridomestic Lyme Disease Prevention

(2009) Neeta P. Connally et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Elemol and amyris oil repel the ticks Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in laboratory bioassays

(2009) J. F. Carroll et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Efficacy of the new repellent BioUD® against three species of ixodid ticks

(2009) B. W. Bissinger et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Isolongifolenone: A Novel Sesquiterpene Repellent of Ticks and Mosquitoes

(2009) Aijun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Tick repellents: Past, present, and future

(2009) Brooke W. Bissinger et al.   PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Tick Paralysis

(2008) Jonathan A. Edlow et al.   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Preventive effect of permethrin-impregnated clothing to Ixodes ricinus ticks and associated Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Germany

(2008) Michael Faulde et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tick bites in a Lyme borreliosis highly endemic area in Switzerland

(2008) D HUGLI et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Lyme Disease Prevention Among Connecticut Residents, 1999–2004

(2008) L. Hannah Gould et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES