No Observed Effect of Landscape Fragmentation on Pathogen Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States.

Zolnik, Christine P

No Observed Effect of Landscape Fragmentation on Pathogen Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States. [electronic resource] - PloS one 2015 - e0139473 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1932-6203

10.1371/journal.pone.0139473 doi


Anaplasma phagocytophilum--genetics
Anaplasmosis--epidemiology
Animal Distribution
Animals
Animals, Wild--parasitology
Arachnid Vectors--microbiology
Biodiversity
Borrelia burgdorferi--genetics
Connecticut--epidemiology
DNA, Bacterial--isolation & purification
Disease Reservoirs
Ecosystem
Endemic Diseases
Forests
Homing Behavior
Humans
Ixodes--growth & development
Lyme Disease--epidemiology
Models, Biological
New York--epidemiology
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rural Health
Tick Infestations--epidemiology
Urban Health
Urbanization