Publications by authors named "Sandra Zapata-Ramirez"
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
July 2023
Article Synopsis
- Research initiatives like community science and citizen science are shedding light on tick exposures in the U.S., but data collection methods may have limitations regarding travel history and tick identification.
- The Tick App received over 11,000 submissions from 2019-2021, revealing that most tick encounters happened in the Midwest and Northeast, primarily involving humans (71%) and peri-domestic settings (51%).
- A streamlined identification system using a few questions about tick characteristics was moderately successful, with frequent users showing better accuracy in identifying tick species like Dermacentor variabilis.
