Evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of tick encounters using community science data submitted through a smartphone application

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Research initiatives that engage the public (i.e., community science) increasingly provide insights into tick exposures in the United States. However, these data have limitations, particularly with respect to reported travel history and tick identification. Here, we assessed whether The Tick App provides reliable and novel insights into tick exposures across three domains—travel history...

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• Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
• Malaria Research and Control
• Mosquito-borne diseases and control
• Viral Infections and Vectors

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Literature Corpus work

bd3c56a4-f355-5d90-af44-838d6c2efb66

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-2222034/v1