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February 2, 2026Biology0 citationsOpen Access

Tick Activity Patterns and Host Associations in Urban Recreation Areas of Eastern Poland

Urban Recreation Areas as Foci of Tick Hazard: Multi-Year Seasonal Patterns of Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus Activity and Host Spectrum of Their Juvenile Stages in Eastern Poland

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ZZZbigniew ZającAWAneta WoźniakJKJoanna Kulisz

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Overview

Multi-year analysis reveals seasonal tick activity and juvenile host associations in an urban park, indicating persistent public health risks.

Key Points

  • This research aims to investigate tick activity patterns and juvenile host associations in urban green spaces over five years.
  • Analyzed tick activity in urban parks over five years (2015-2019)
  • Collected questing ticks using flagging methods from vegetation
  • Live-trapped small mammals to assess juvenile tick infestation
  • Utilized generalized additive models (GAMs) to assess effects of temperature and humidity on tick activity
  • D. reticulatus dominant with significant autumn activity peaks
  • I. ricinus displayed lower density, peaking in late spring and early summer
  • Seasonality was a consistent predictor of tick activity for both species and stages
  • Juvenile ticks primarily associated with urban-adapted rodent hosts like Apodemus agrarius

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Zając et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6980fe8ac1c9540dea810ba6https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15030252
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