Multi-Scale Clustering of Lyme Disease Risk at the Expanding Leading Edge of the Range of Ixodes scapularis in Canada
Since its detection in Canada in the early 1990s, Ixodes scapularis, the primary tick vector of Lyme disease in eastern North America, has continued to expand northward. Estimates of the tick’s broad-scale distribution are useful for tracking the extent of the Lyme disease risk zone; however, tick d...
Main Authors: | Marion Ripoche, Leslie Robbin Lindsay, Antoinette Ludwig, Nicholas H. Ogden, Karine Thivierge, Patrick A. Leighton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/4/603 |
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