Risk of urban Lyme disease enhanced by the presence of rats

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1108-1111

  Matuschka, Franz Rainer ^b   Endepols, Stefan ^b   Richter, Dania ^a   Ohlenbusch, Andreas ^b   Eiffert, Helmut ^b   Spielman, Andrew ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RODENT CONTROL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0029911499     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.1108     Document Type: Article

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