Conspicuous impacts of inconspicuous hosts on the Lyme disease epidemic

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1631, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Brisson, Dustin ^a   Dykhuizen, Daniel E ^b   Ostfeld, Richard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; ospC; Primary reservoir; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; TICK; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36448967825     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1208     Document Type: Article

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