Disease Risk in a Dynamic Environment: The Spread of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Minnesota, USA

EcoHealth

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 152-163

  Robinson, Stacie J ^a   Neitzel, David F ^b   Moen, Ronald A ^c   Craft, Meggan E ^a   Hamilton, Karin E ^a   Johnson, Lucinda B ^c   Mulla, David J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Redig, Patrick T ^a   Smith, Kirk E ^b   Turner, Clarence L ^d   Umber, Jamie K ^a   Pelican, Katharine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

annaplasmosis; babesiosis; climate change; ixodes scapularis; landscape epidemiology; lyme disease; spatial model; tick borne disease; tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MINNESOTA; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84939880445     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0979-y     Document Type: Article

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