Considerations for using 4-poster deer treatment devices to manage Ixodes scapularis ​in Lyme disease-endemic communities
Research poster presented at the Entomological Society of America 2022 annual meeting

V.L. Hornbostel and N.P. Connally
Department of Biology, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
 A. Rowe, N. Piedmonte, A. Kaufman, J. White, and B. Backenson
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
J.I. Meek, S.A. Niesobecki, A.P. Hansen, and L. Niccolai, 
Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
C.C. Nawrocki, E. Foster, S.A. Hook, and A.F. Hinckley
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO

Selected references

Connally, N. P., Ginsberg, H.S., and Mather, T.N. 2006. Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease. Journal of Vector Ecology 31: 364-370.

Connally, N. P.,  Rowe, A., Kaufman, A., Meek, J.I.,  Niesobecki, S.A., Hansen, A.P., White, J., Nawrocki, C., Foster, E., Hinckley, A.F., and  Eisen, L. 2022. Designing an Intervention trial of human-tick Encounters and tick-borne diseases in residential settings using 4-poster devices to control Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae): challenges for site selection and device placement. Journal of Medical Entomology 59: 911-921. 

Curtis, P., Walker, S., and Gilrein, D. 2011. Shelter Island and Fire Island 4-poster deer and tick study: Final report, excluding appendices. Cornell University & Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY. 113 pp.

Environmental Protection Agency. 2021. Ready-to-use Y-TEX® 4-POSTER™ TICKICIDE. https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/039039- 00012-20120816.pdf

Eisen, L., and Dolan, M.C. 2016. Evidence for personal protective measures to reduce human contact with blacklegged ticks and for environmentally based control methods to suppress host-seeking blacklegged ticks and reduce infection with Lyme disease spirochetes in tick vectors and rodent reservoirs. Journal of Medical Entomology 53: 1063-1092.

Gould, L. H., Nelson, R.S.,  Griffith, K.S., Hayes, E.B., Piesman, J., Mead, P.S., and Cartter, M.L. 2008. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding Lyme disease prevention among Connecticut residents, 1999-2004. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8: 769-776.

Jordan, R. A., and Schulze, T.A. 2020. Availability and nature of commercial tick control services in three Lyme disease endemic states. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 807-814.
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Pound, J.M., Miller, J.A., George, J.E., and Lemeilleur, C.A. 2000. The ‘4-poster’ passive topical treatment device to apply acaricide for controlling ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) feeding on white-tailed deer. Journal of Medical Entomology 37: 588-594.

Stafford, K.C., and Williams, S.C. 2017. Deer-targeted methods: a review of the use of topical acaricides for the control of ticks on white-tailed deer. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8(1).

Wong, T.J., Schramm, P.J., Foster, E., Hahn, M.B., Schafrick, N.H., Conlon, K.C., and Cameron, L. 2016. The effectiveness and implementation of 4-poster deer self-treatment devices for tick-borne disease prevention: a potential component of an integrated tick management program. Climate and Health Technical Report Series, Climate and Health Program, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC. 

For additional questions, contact Vicki Hornbostel at [email protected]