Evaluation of deer-targeted interventions on lyme disease incidence in Connecticut

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-454

  Garnett, Jennifer M ^a,b   Connally, Neeta P ^a   Stafford III, Kirby C ^c   Cartter, Matthew L ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DEER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ACARICIDE;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CONNECTICUT; DEER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 79957799061     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600321     Document Type: Article

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