Ticks take over the city green areas Hs.fi
Disease|There were ticks in every green area of the city studied. Urban mites carried mite -mediated diseases as often as mites on land.
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A study by the University of Turku shows that mites are common in urban green areas.
Urban mites carry Borrelia bacteria as often as rural mites.
Researcher Jani Sormunen emphasizes the need to raise awareness and develop preventive measures.
In town Living does not protect against mites or mites, says a study by the University of Turku.
A study in five cities shows that ticks were observed in every green area studied. The study was conducted in Turku, Helsinki, Tampere, Jyväskylä and Oulu.
In addition, the study found that urban mites carried Borrelia bacteria to the same extent as mites that live outside the city.
« There may be even more pathogens in cities, » says Academy researcher Jani Sormunen In a news release from the University of Turku.
According to Ring, urban green areas create a unique habitat where diseases can circulate in different ways than in other areas. As a result, urban environments may have an even greater health threat to some diseases.
Borreliosis And tick -borne inflammation are the most common mite -mediated diseases in Finland. The number of cases of both has increased in recent years.
The number of ticks varied in the areas studied and certain green areas may contain larger amounts of infected mites. The number of mites was influenced by different environmental and ecosystem factors.
In addition to the number of ticks, the area’s public health risk level is affected by the number of people using green areas, the release states. The study assessed the number of people living in the immediate vicinity of each of the studies studied in the green area and the number of people-based risk index was drawn up.
« Although the size of the cities varied, in the immediate vicinity of the green areas, the same number of people lived in different cities, that is, in smaller cities the risk level of individual green areas may be the same as in larger cities. However, on average, risk indexes were the highest in Helsinki, » says Sormunen.
Researchers emphasize the need to raise awareness and develop preventive measures. People are encouraged to report their punk observations to punkkilive.fi.
A study of the occurrence of ticks in urban green areas was published Zoonose and Public Health -in leaf.
