Using Landscape Analysis to Test Hypotheses about Drivers of Tick Abundance and Infection Prevalence with Borrelia burgdorferi

Patterns of vector-borne disease risk are changing globally in space and time and elevated disease risk of vector-borne infection can be driven by anthropogenic modification of the environment. Incidence of Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, has risen in a numb...

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Main Authors: A. Michelle Ferrell, R. Jory Brinkerhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/4/737