Abstract. The distribution and intensity of tick-borne disease (TBD) transmission events across Europe are increasing in response to changes in climate, la

Introduction: Socioeconomic deprivation is often associated with poorer health outcomes, but some studies suggest the opposite for Lyme disease. Here we test two hypotheses to explain this: difference...

Our ability to predict how urban planning may influence public health and wellbeing is limited, because our understanding of the ecological drivers of…

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Job Purpose You will contribute to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. T...

Context counts, and not just for social and economic aspects of urban life. This study finds that, for 16 cities in the United Kingdom, the landcover of the rural surroundings is a better predictor of ticks and environmental Lyme disease hazard than the landcover within the cities themselves.

Large ungulate grazers can manage habitats via conservation grazing, a practice using livestock to control vegetation growth, which has many ecologica…

Estimating tick-borne disease hazard in highly visited natural landscapes is essential for assessing public health risks. Lyme disease, caused by bact…

Mosquito Scotland project website. Find out how to recognise and report mosquitoes in Scotland.