Analysis of the human population bitten by Ixodes scapularis ticks in Quebec, Canada: Increasing risk of Lyme disease

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1075-1081

  Gasmi, Salima ^a,b   Ogden, Nicholas H ^b,c   Leighton, Patrick A ^d   Lindsay, L Robbin ^e   Thivierge, Karine ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses en SantéPublique GREZOSP   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Passive tick surveillance; Range expansion; Tick distribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEBEC; TICK BITE; VERY ELDERLY; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; IXODES; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; TICK BITES;

EID: 84992206510     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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