Precipitation and the occurrence of lyme disease in the Northeastern United States

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-148

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Bunnell, Joseph E ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borreliosis; Climate; Ixodes; Lyme; Precipitation; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NEW ENGLAND; RAIN; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; IXODES;

EID: 3543067033     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1530366041210765     Document Type: Article

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