The relevance of forest fragmentation on the incidence of human Babesiosis: Investigating the landscape epidemiology of an emerging tick-borne disease

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-255

  Walsh, Michael G ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microtii; Babesiosis; Landscape epidemiology.; New York State

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; CLIMATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANDSCAPE; PIROPLASMOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; FOREST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; RISK; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FORESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW YORK; RISK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84875734172     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1198     Document Type: Article

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