Passive surveillance for I. scapularis ticks: Enhanced analysis for early detection of emerging Lyme disease risk

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 400-409

  Koffi, Jules K ^a   Leighton, Patrick A ^b   Pelcat, Yann ^a   Trudel, Louise ^c   Lindsay, L Robbin ^d   Milord, François ^c   Ogden, Nicholas H ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

endemic area; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; IXODES; LINEAR MODELS; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84858378546     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11210     Document Type: Article

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