A climate-based model predicts the spatial distribution of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in the United States.(Research)
From: Environmental Health Perspectives
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Date: 7/1/2003
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Author: Brownstein, John S.; Fish, Durland; Holford, Theodore R.
An understanding of the spatial distribution of the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is a fundamental component, in assessing human risk for Lyme disease in much of the United States. Although a county-level vector distribution map exists for the United States, its accuracy is limited by arbitrary categories of its reported presence. It is unknown whether reported positive areas can support established populations and whether negative areas are suitable for established ...
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