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Adverse moisture events predict seasonal abundance of Lyme disease vector ticks (Ixodes scapularis)

BACKGROUND: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in north temperate regions worldwide, affecting an estimated 300,000 people annually in the United States alone. The incidence of LB is correlated with human exposure to its vector, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scap...

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Autores principales: Berger, Kathryn A, Ginsberg, Howard S, Dugas, Katherine D, Hamel, Lutz H, Mather, Thomas N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24731228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-181