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ReviewTransboundary and emerging diseases2026

Ecological and Epidemiological Consequences of Tick-Control Interventions in Residential Neighborhoods: A Synthesis of The Tick Project.

Richard S Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing

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Review in Transboundary and emerging diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Why are the ticks winning, and what can we do about it?Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Richard S OstfeldCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, P.O. Box AB, Millbrook, 12545, New York, USA, caryinstitute.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3707-9301
Felicia KeesingProgram in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, 12504, New York, USA, bard.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-695X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Controlling populations of

Indexed as

IxodesTick-Borne DiseasesTick ControlTick InfestationsAcaricidesAnimalsHumansRisk FactorsAcaricides

Identifiers

PMID41584958
PMCPMC12824638

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