Influence of abiotic and environmental factors on the density and infection Prevalence of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) with Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Swei, A ^a   Meentemeyer, R ^a   Briggs, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abiotic limits; disease ecology; path analysis; spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IXODES; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUERCUS;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 79551629654     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10131     Document Type: Article

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