What is the best predictor of annual lyme disease incidence: Weather, mice, or acorns?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 575-586

  Schauber, Eric M ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b   Evans Jr , Andrew S ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Dutchess County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Mammals; Masting; Oak; Peromyscus leucopus; Prediction; Ticks; Vector borne disease; Weather

Indexed keywords

LYME DISEASE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DUTCHESS COUNTY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 15944381296     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5370     Document Type: Article

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