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Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density
Lyme disease is common in the northeastern United States, but rare in the southeast, even though the tick vector is found in both regions. Infection prevalence of Lyme spirochetes in host-seeking ticks, an important component to the risk of Lyme disease, is also high in the northeast and northern mi...
Autores principales: | Ginsberg, Howard S., Hickling, Graham J., Burke, Russell L., Ogden, Nicholas H., Beati, Lorenza, LeBrun, Roger A., Arsnoe, Isis M., Gerhold, Richard, Han, Seungeun, Jackson, Kaetlyn, Maestas, Lauren, Moody, Teresa, Pang, Genevieve, Ross, Breann, Rulison, Eric L., Tsao, Jean I. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7842935/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33507921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001066 |
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