Modelling spatial concordance between Rocky Mountain spotted fever disease incidence and habitat probability of its vector Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)

Geospatial Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Atkinson, Samuel F ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^b   Aviña, Aldo ^c   Schuermann, Jim A ^d   Williamson, Phillip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Concordance modelling and mapping; Dermacentor variabilis; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky mountain spotted fever; Spatial distributions; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879111931     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.108     Document Type: Article

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