Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in lyme-disease risk
Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in lyme-disease risk
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Risk of human exposure to vector-borne zoonotic pathogens is a function of the abundance and infection prevalence of vectors. We assessed the determinants of Lyme-disease risk (density and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks) over 13 y on several field plots within eastern deciduous forests in the epicenter...
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Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in lyme-disease risk
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292071974
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292071974
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1545-7885,1544-9173
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1545-7885
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10.1371/journal.pbio.0040145
