Temporal relation between Ixodes scapularis abundance and risk for Lyme disease associated with erythema migrans

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 771-776

  Falco, Richard C ^a,b   McKenna, Donna F ^b   Daniels, Thomas J ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^b   Nowakowski, John ^b   Fish, Durland ^c   Wormser, Gary P ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Erythema migrans; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

LYME DISEASE; TICK;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES; WESTCHESTER;

EID: 0033560817     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009886     Document Type: Article

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