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High-Resolution Ecological Niche Modeling of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Based on Passive Surveillance Data at the Northern Frontier of Lyme Disease Emergence in North America

Background: Lyme disease (LD) is a bacterial infection transmitted by the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in eastern North America. It is an emerging disease in Canada due to the expanding range of its tick vector. Environmental risk maps for LD, based on the distribution of the black-legged t...

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Autores principales: Soucy, Jean-Paul R., Slatculescu, Andreea M., Nyiraneza, Christine, Ogden, Nicholas H., Leighton, Patrick A., Kerr, Jeremy T., Kulkarni, Manisha A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5930794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29565748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2017.2234