| URL: | https://www.hopkinslymetracker.org |
| Full name: | Johns Hopkins Lyme and Tickborne Disease Dashboard |
| Description: | The website shows a new tool that harnesses the power of geography to raise awareness and fuel research and scientific collaboration. The dashboard is unique in applying a geographic lens to tickborne diseases, aiming not only to become a global tracker of tickborne diseases but also to contextualize their complicated geography with a comprehensive set of maps and spatial data sets representing a One Health approach. |
| Year founded: | 2021 |
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| Country/Region: | United States |
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| University/Institution: | Johns Hopkins University |
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| Country/Region: | United States |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | SSPHC |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | SSPHC@jhu.edu |
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The Lyme and Tickborne Disease Dashboard: A map-based resource to promote public health awareness and research collaboration. [PMID: 34851988]
With the incidence of Lyme and other tickborne diseases on the rise in the US and globally, there is a critical need for data-driven tools that communicate the magnitude of this problem and help guide public health responses. We present the Johns Hopkins Lyme and Tickborne Disease Dashboard (https://www.hopkinslymetracker.org/), a new tool that harnesses the power of geography to raise awareness and fuel research and scientific collaboration. The dashboard is unique in applying a geographic lens to tickborne diseases, aiming not only to become a global tracker of tickborne diseases but also to contextualize their complicated geography with a comprehensive set of maps and spatial data sets representing a One Health approach. We share our experience designing and implementing the dashboard, describe the main features, and discuss current limitations and future directions. |