Knowledge and prevention of tick-borne diseases vary across an urban-to-rural human land-use gradient

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 352-358

  Bayles, Brett R ^a   Evans, Gregory ^b   Allan, Brian F ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichiosis; Health behavior; Lone star tick; Prevention and control; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXURBAN AREA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL PARK; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SUBURBAN AREA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 84877808130     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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