Spatial disaggregation of tick occurrence and ecology at a local scale as a preliminary step for spatial surveillance of tick-borne diseases: General framework and health implications in Belgium

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Obsomer, Valerie ^a   Wirtgen, Marc ^b   Linden, Annick ^b   Claerebout, Edwin ^c   Heyman, Paul ^d   Heylen, Dieter ^e   Madder, Maxime ^f,g   Maris, Jo ^h   Lebrun, Maude ⁱ   Tack, Wesley ^c   Lempereur, Laetitia ^b   Hance, Thierry ^a   Van Impe, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h Arsia ASBL   (Belgium)

ⁱ ARSIA ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecology; Spatial distribution; Tick; Vector; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84879069643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-190     Document Type: Article

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