Effects of landscape fragmentation and climate on lyme disease incidence in the Northeastern United States

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-404

  Tran, Phoebe Minh ^a,c   Waller, Lance ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Forest fragmentation; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NEW ENGLAND; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84900438475     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0890-y     Document Type: Article

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