Landscape ecology of lyme disease in a residential area of Westchester County, New York

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1105-1113

  Maupin, Gary O ^a   Fish, Durland ^b   Zultowsky, Jodie ^b   Campos, Eduardo G ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ecology; Lyme disease; Residence characteristics; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; ECOLOGY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ECOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; NEW YORK; NYMPH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TICKS;

EID: 0025903759     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115823     Document Type: Article

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