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Published in: EcoHealth 2/2019

01-06-2019 | Tick | Short Communication

The Association Between Hunter-Killed Deer and Lyme Disease in New Jersey, 2000–2014

Authors: Daniel L. Robertson, Leah M. Babin, Jenna R. Krall, Michael E. von Fricken, Heibatollah Baghi, Kathryn H. Jacobsen

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 2/2019

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Abstract

Years when the deer population is robust during the autumn hunting season may point toward an elevated risk of Lyme disease (LD) in the human population two summers later. We applied overdispersed Poisson regression models to county-specific data from New Jersey for each year from 2000 to 2014. The average relative risk of LD for each additional hunter-killed deer per square mile was 1.12 (1.10, 1.14) for 2000–2007 and 1.11 (1.09, 1.13) for 2008–2014. The hunting data already collected for conservation and wildlife management purposes may be a relevant component of LD surveillance activities.
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Metadata
Title
The Association Between Hunter-Killed Deer and Lyme Disease in New Jersey, 2000–2014
Authors
Daniel L. Robertson
Leah M. Babin
Jenna R. Krall
Michael E. von Fricken
Heibatollah Baghi
Kathryn H. Jacobsen
Publication date
01-06-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
EcoHealth / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01401-x

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