Meteorological influences on the seasonality of lyme disease in the United States

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 486-496

  Moore, Sean M ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^b   Monaghan, Andrew ^a   Mead, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84896064382     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0180     Document Type: Article

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