Urban ticks and disease hazard are shaped by both greenspace design and greenspace history!

Temporal and spatial drivers of Lyme disease hazard differ between urban and rural environments Our ability to predict how urban planning may influence public health and wellbeing is limited, because our understanding of the ecological drivers of…

New paper out!
We used structural equation modelling to investigate spatio-temporal drivers of #ticks and #Lymedisease hazard in urban greenspaces and rural woodland.
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🚀 New Launch: #VBD Hub Forum on Vector-Borne Diseases - a new space for researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to connect and collaborate on #vector-borne diseases in the UK. 🦟🪰🕷️

👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org

Exciting 4-yr Postdoc opportunity on our new project (DRIVERS): Identifying drivers of #schistosomiasis treatment failure & recommendations for treatment strategies.

PDRA will analyse individual-level factors behind poor efficacy & reinfection.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Apply by 26 Jan.

New paper out!
We used structural equation modelling to quantify how deer affect Lyme disease hazard, both directly and indirectly via vegetation and rodents. doi.org/10.1016/j.tt...

#LymeDisease #DiseaseEcology #Ticks
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics

Do you want to know why some cities have more ticks in their urban greenspaces than others? Read our newest study to find out!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

You can also read our blog post describing our findings!
communities.springernature.com/posts/why-do...

#Ticks #LymeDisease #UrbanEcology

Key findings:
➡️ Grazing reduced tick density
➡️ Lower hazard for some Borrelia garinii & B. valaisiana
➡️ No change in Anaplasma phagocytophilum hazard

The role of large ungulate grazers on Ixodes ricinus and tick-borne pathogens in the New Forest - a case study for future rewilded landscapes Large ungulate grazers can manage habitats via conservation grazing, a practice using livestock to control vegetation growth, which has many ecologica…

🚨 New paper 🚨

How does livestock grazing impact tick-borne disease hazard? Our new study in the New Forest National Park used a paired experiment to find out.

Important for #rewilding and #conservation grazing schemes!

#Ticks #LymeDisease @ukhsa.bsky.social

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- Overall prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. was 5.8%
- Ixodes ricinus density was higher in woodlands and where deer were present
- The density of infected nymphs was highest in north and south of England.

An update on Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence and hazard in ticks at recreational areas in England and Wales between 2021 and 2023 Estimating tick-borne disease hazard in highly visited natural landscapes is essential for assessing public health risks. Lyme disease, caused by bact…

🚨New paper out!
We surveyed 84 sites across 36 recreational areas in England and Wales and assessed tick density and Lyme disease hazard in 2021-2023.
#LymeDisease #Ticks #Ecology
@ukhsa.bsky.social
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Amazing funded PhD opportunity for a UK student to work on the effects of forest restoration and rewilding on tick-borne diseases with an amazing supervisory team!!
Deadline 28 July!

EoI: Climate/landuse change and disease risk workshop 🦟😷🌳🕷️🦠

Explore how land-use policy impacts human, animal & plant health 🗓️ 23 May 2025, UKCEH Wallingford. Travel covered

➡️ Apply: forms.office.com/r/wFrnzFBPVC

Deadline 2 May. ECRs welcome!

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Hey folks! I'll be teaching two workshops in May on Structural Equation Modeling!

One course is introductory (May 7-9): smart-workshops.com/intro-sem-info

The other is on longitudinal models (May 14-16): smart-workshops.com/long-sem-info

🙏Please RT and share! 🙏

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Save the date! *June 4-6, 2025* The One Health VBD Hub is organising a training workshop on data sharing and analysis at leafy 🌿Silwood Park, UK 🥬 More details coming soon! 🦟 🖥️ 🦠 🦌

📢 Have you seen a mosquito in Scotland? The
@MosquitoScot
team want to hear about it!

You can report your sighting and submit a photo here ⬇️

mosquito-scotland.com

Please help us fill in the mosquito map for Scotland and understand future vector-borne disease risk!