Publications by authors named "Cyril Galley"
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- Lyme borreliosis, transmitted by Ixodes ticks, is the most common zoonotic disease in the northern hemisphere, and a study was conducted in northeastern France from 2020 to 2022 to understand the factors influencing tick presence in private yards.
- Citizen scientists collected ticks and assessed various yard and landscape features to determine their association with tick occurrences, particularly focused on the nymph stage of the Ixodes ricinus tick that primarily bites humans.
- The study found that ticks were present in 32% of yards, with higher nymph presence in shaded areas and increased likelihood in yards with deer signs and brush piles, highlighting the need for public awareness about tick exposure in urban environments.
Mass-participation events in temperate forests are now well-established features of outdoor activities and represent high-risk activities regarding human exposition to tick bites. In this study we used a citizen science approach to quantify the space-time frequency of tick bites and undetected tick bites among orienteers that participated in a 6-day orienteering competition that took place in July 2018 in the forests of Eastern France, and we looked at the use and efficacy of different preventive behaviors. Our study confirms that orienteers are a high-risk population for tick bites, with 62.
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