Impacts of an introduced forest pathogen on the risk of Lyme disease in California

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 623-632

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Disease ecology; Indirect effects; Nymphal infection prevalence; Phytophthora ramorum; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DENSITY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; FOREST; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; MOLTING; NEOTOMA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEROMYSCUS; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IXODES; LIZARDS; LYME DISEASE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; QUERCUS; RISK; SIGMODONTINAE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84865031262     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0783     Document Type: Article

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