2023
Operational Considerations for Using Deer-Targeted 4-Poster Tick Control Devices in a Tick-borne Disease Endemic Community
Hornbostel V, Meek J, Hansen A, Niesobecki S, Nawrocki C, Hinckley A, Connally N. Operational Considerations for Using Deer-Targeted 4-Poster Tick Control Devices in a Tick-borne Disease Endemic Community. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2023, 30: 111-121. PMID: 37566802, PMCID: PMC10840788, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndemic areasFuture public health interventionsPublic health interventionsDisease-endemic areasPublic health agenciesEndemic communitiesHealth interventionsCommunity settingsCommunity-wide approachEffectiveness studiesMonthly costHealth agenciesTick-borne diseasesLone star tickPersonal protectionAcceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA
Nawrocki C, Piedmonte N, Niesobecki S, Rowe A, Hansen A, Kaufman A, Foster E, Meek J, Niccolai L, White J, Backenson B, Eisen L, Hook S, Connally N, Hornbostel V, Hinckley A. Acceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2023, 14: 102231. PMID: 37531890, PMCID: PMC10883357, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102231.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Designing an Intervention Trial of Human-Tick Encounters and Tick-Borne Diseases in Residential Settings Using 4-Poster Devices to Control Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae): Challenges for Site Selection and Device Placement
Connally NP, Rowe A, Kaufman A, Meek JI, Niesobecki SA, Hansen AP, White J, Nawrocki C, Foster E, Hinckley AF, Eisen L. Designing an Intervention Trial of Human-Tick Encounters and Tick-Borne Diseases in Residential Settings Using 4-Poster Devices to Control Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae): Challenges for Site Selection and Device Placement. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2022, 59: 911-921. PMID: 35294011, PMCID: PMC10903785, DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac027.Peer-Reviewed Original Research