Urban ticks and disease hazard are shaped by both greenspace design and greenspace history!
26.01.2026 20:35
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Urban ticks and disease hazard are shaped by both greenspace design and greenspace history!
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. 🦟🪰🕷️
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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
🚨 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.
🚨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! 🙏
Let met tell you more...
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! 🦟 🖥️ 🦠 🦌
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@MosquitoScot
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You can report your sighting and submit a photo here ⬇️
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Please help us fill in the mosquito map for Scotland and understand future vector-borne disease risk!