Air Temperature and Relative Humidity Effects on Behavioral Activity of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Nymphs in New Jersey

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1025-1028

  Vail, Stephen G ^a   Smith, Gary ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral activity; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Microclimate; Questing

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NEW JERSEY; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 0032198864     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.6.1025     Document Type: Article

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