Habitat structure associated with Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in small mammals in New York State

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-319

  Prusinski, Melissa A ^a   Chen, Haiyan ^b   Drobnack, Jason M ^c   Kogut, Sarah J ^a   Means, Robert G ^d   Howard, John J ^c   Oliver, Joanne ^e   Lukacik, Gary ^c   Backenson, P Bryon ^c   White, Dennis J ^c,f  

^a Hudson Valley Community College   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d New York State Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Landscape ecology; New York; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INSECT; SAPLING; SMALL MAMMAL; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750202379     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.308     Document Type: Article

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