Fig. 3

a Violin and boxplots visualizing the number of Dermacentor albipictus larvae detected per cluster identified in surveillance plots and transects, on a logarithmic scale, surveyed by human-only team using traditional tick drag method and a team assisted by a scent detection dog with handler. b Larval density detected via human-only tick drags versus dog-assisted teams on a logarithmic scale. c Visualizations of minutes spent to survey 32 individual 250 m transects by both human-only and scent detection dog-assisted teams. d Visualizations of dollars spent to survey 32 individual 250 m transects based on $22.08/h rate for a single human surveyor and $73.75/h for scent detection dog-assisted team plus $22.08/h rate to survey Trained Final Response (TFR) locations