Rutgers develops Citizen Action through Science approach Thanks to an innovative mosquito control approach developed at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, residents in several Maryland neighborhoods reduced populations of invasive Asian tiger mosquitoes by an impressive 76 percent, on average. The Rutgers-led project, called Citizen Action through Science (Citizen AcTS), mobilizes neighbors guided by scientists to address […]
The Lone Star tick is gorging on Garden State blood
In this Asbury Park Press article by Russ Zimmer, Andrea Agizi who works with the Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory at Rutgers, talks about the Lone Star Tick and her research into this prevalent New Jersey pest.
Rutgers-Led “Tick Blitz” Finds Exotic Longhorned Ticks and Aggressive Lone Star Ticks in New Locations Across New Jersey
Findings will help state, partner agencies check the spread of tick-borne diseases. Researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Rutgers Center for Vector Biology have found exotic longhorned ticks in four New Jersey counties – and confirmed that these northeast Asian ticks have been present in the Garden State since at least 2013. The new detection of these […]
Rutgers Center for Vector Biology Helps in Identification of East Asian Tick Species on Hunterdon County Farm
Editor’s Note: Located at Rutgers Center for Vector Biology, the Monmouth County Tick-borne Disease Lab–a collaboration between Monmouth County and the CVB–performed the DNA analysis of the exotic tick. A detailed review on the tick is available on the CVB website. New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher announced the United States Department of […]
Ticks and Gardening: What’s the Risk?
By James L. Occi, graduate student, and Dina M. Fonseca, professor, Department of Entomology Reprinted from Gardener News, August 2016 How likely is it that you will get Lyme disease while gardening? Assuming you are a New Jersey gardener, a state in the U.S. epicenter of Lyme disease, it turns out it depends on how […]
