Critical Evaluation of the Linkage between Tick-Based Risk Measures and the Occurrence of Lyme Disease Cases

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1050-1062

  Eisen, Lars ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a  

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

Author keywords

blacklegged tick; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987619403     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw092     Document Type: Review

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