Tick-borne disease preventive practices and perceptions in an endemic area

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 331-337

  Butler, Amber D ^a   Sedghi, Tannaz ^b   Petrini, Joann R ^a,c   Ahmadi, Ramin ^a,c  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Prevention; Preventive behaviors; Tick borne disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONNECTICUT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TICK;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84958881724     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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