Black-Legged Tick Distributions, Small Mammal Abundances, Mast Production, and Vegetative Influences on Lyme Disease Apparent Prevalence on Fort Drum Military Installation, New York

<p> Lyme disease is the most common infectious disease spread by black-legged ticks in the Northern Hemisphere. Lyme disease is a vector-borne zoonotic disease typically caused by bacterial spirochetes of the species Borrelia burgdorferi. The primary vector of Lyme disease in the Midwestern a...

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Main Author: Fino, Samantha R.
Language:EN
Published: West Virginia University 2017
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