Impact of the experimental removal of lizards on Lyme disease risk

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1720, 2011, Pages 2970-2978

  Swei, Andrea ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b   Lane, Robert S ^c   Briggs, Cheryl J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Disease ecology; Host composition; Host preference; Tick burden

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVA; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; TICK;

UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; PEROMYSCUS; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80052211221     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2402     Document Type: Article

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