Lyme disease represents the most prevalent vector-borne infectious disease in New Jersey. Caused primarily by the spirochete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by the blacklegged tick...
Northeast New Jersey, encompassing counties like Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, and Union, is experiencing a significant shift in its ecological and public health landscape.
Due to the region's freezing winter temperatures, Northeast New Jersey mosquitoes possess specific overwintering survival adaptations. Species like Culex pipiens...
Three native species and one rapidly expanding invasive species represent the vast majority of tick encounters in the northeastern counties of New Jersey.