Prevalence of Ixodes dammini near the homes of lyme disease patients in Westchester county, New York

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 826-830

  Falco, Richard C ^a,b   Fish, Durland ^b,c  

^a Bureau of Public Health Protection ^*  (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrella; Lyme disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST; HOUSING; HUMAN; IXODES DAMMINI; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MICE; NEW YORK; POACEAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TICKS;

EID: 0023891983     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114865     Document Type: Article

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