U.S. public's experience with ticks and tick-borne diseases: Results from national HealthStyles surveys

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 483-488

  Hook, Sarah A ^a   Nelson, Christina A ^a   Mead, Paul S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Prevention; Tick exposure; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930041209     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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