Methods for Evaluating Lyme Disease Risks Using Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Analysis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 711-720

  Nicholson, Matthew C ^a   Mather, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030237964     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.711     Document Type: Review

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