Invasive honeysuckle eradication reduces tick-borne disease risk by altering host dynamics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 18523-18527

  Allana, Brian F ^a,b,f   Dutra, Humberto P ^c   Goessling, Lisa S ^b   Barnett, Kirk ^c   Chasea, Jonathan M ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^c   Pang, Genevieve ^b   Storch, Gregory A ^d   Thach, Robert E ^b   Orrock, John L ^b,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amur honeysuckle; Disease ecology; Ehrlichiosis; Lone star tick; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERADICATION THERAPY; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; LONICERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VEGETATION; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIOSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LONICERA; MISSOURI; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; IXODIDA; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 78649811781     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008362107     Document Type: Article

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