Habitat and Vegetation Variables Are Not Enough When Predicting Tick Populations in the Southeastern United States.

Two tick-borne diseases with expanding case and vector distributions are ehrlichiosis (transmitted by Amblyomma americanum) and rickettiosis (transmitted by A. maculatum and Dermacentor variabilis). There is a critical need to identify the specific habitats where each of these species is likely to b...

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Main Authors: R T Trout Fryxell, J E Moore, M D Collins, Y Kwon, S R Jean-Philippe, S M Schaeffer, A Odoi, M Kennedy, A E Houston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4676690?pdf=render