Diseases spread by mosquitos, ticks and other insect vectors are on the rise in the U.S. as the planet continues to warm. If you are looking for ways to put vector-borne disease data into context with graphics, check out these resources:
- The LivLyme Foundation, a nonprofit that funds tick research, created this mobile phone app: TickTracker which enables consumers to track tick sightings and bites in their neighborhood. The app provides a sense of the prevalence of ticks in a particular neighborhood. It also includes information for consumers about Lyme and other tick-borne disease resources, information about how to prevent a tick bite and places to get tested for tick-borne diseases. The executive director of the LivLyme Foundation, Holiday Goodreu, is also co-chair of the U.S. Health and Human Services National Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this excellent infographic that helps people to visualize the expansion of vector-borne diseases in the U.S. The agency also has this state-by-state data set for reportable vector-borne diseases, as of 2016.
- The Hamburg, Germany-based online market research company Statista offers a few infographs for free, including one on the latest data on the number of vector-borne disease reports in the U.S., here.