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Backyard Integrated Tick Managment (BITM) Study 

A placebo-controlled evaluation of ITM at single vs. contiguous properties treated with both targeted acaricidal spray and rodent-targeted bait boxes.  We are collaborating with the University of Rhode Island TickEncounter Resource Center on this study that will take place in communities located in western CT and southern RI.  Click here to visit our study website or go to www.backyardtickstudy.org for more information.

Related publications/abstracts:
NP Connally, Mather, TN, Ginsberg, HS, Krell, RK, Engborg, S, Hojgaard, A, Eisen, L, and Hickley, A. The backyard integrated tick management study: understanding peridomestic risk and prevention of tickborne diseases.  The 15th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tickborne Diseases, Atlanta, GA, September 2018, and The 48th Annual Conference of the Society for Vector Ecology, Yosemite, CA, October 2018.
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