Climate-based model predicting acarological risk of encountering the human-biting adult life stage of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in a key habitat type in Colorado

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 694-704

  Eisen, L ^a   Meyer, A M ^a   Eisen, R J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Dermacentor andersoni; Elevation; Geographic information system; Tick

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CLIMATE; DERMACENTOR; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CLIMATE; COLORADO; DERMACENTOR; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; CONIFEROPHYTA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 34447562974     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[694:CMPARO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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