Epidemic and spatial dynamics of lyme disease in New York State, 1990-2000

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 899-908

  Chen, Haiyan ^a   White, Dennis J ^b,c   Caraco, Thomas B ^c   Stratton, Howard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical Bayes; Epidemic; Incidence; Lyme disease; Spatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444456900     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.5.899     Document Type: Article

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