Emergence of Lyme Disease on Treeless Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Emergence of Lyme Disease on Treeless Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lyme disease is usually associated with forested habitats but has recently emerged on treeless islands in the Western Isles of Scotland. The environmental and human components of Lyme disease risk in open habitats remain unknown. We quantified the environmental hazard and risk factors for human tic...

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Main Authors: Caroline Millins, Walter Leo, Isabell MacInnes, Johanne Ferguson, Graham Charlesworth, Donald Nayar, Reece Davison, Jonathan Yardley, Elizabeth Kilbride, Selene Huntley, Lucy Gilbert, Mafalda Viana, Paul Johnson, Roman Biek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Lyme disease
treeless habitats
Ixodes ricinus
peridomestic
tick bite exposure
deer
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-3862_article

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