Factors affecting the abundance of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks and small mammals in the Thousand Islands region
The objectives of this study were to determine the distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, and its tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) in the Thousand Islands in Ontario, and to assess the effects of various factors, including host populations, temperature, an...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10214/3623 |