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Climate, Deer, Rodents, and Acorns as Determinants of Variation in Lyme-Disease Risk

Risk of human exposure to vector-borne zoonotic pathogens is a function of the abundance and infection prevalence of vectors. We assessed the determinants of Lyme-disease risk (density and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks) over 13 y on several field plots...

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Autores principales: Ostfeld, Richard S, Canham, Charles D, Oggenfuss, Kelly, Winchcombe, Raymond J, Keesing, Felicia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1457019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16669698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040145