Effects of tick control by acaricide self-treatment of white-tailed deer on host-seeking tick infection prevalence and entomologic risk for Ixodes scapularis-borne pathogens. [electronic resource]
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Aug 2009
- 431-8 p. digital
Publication Type: Evaluation Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
1557-7759
10.1089/vbz.2008.0155 doi
Acaricides--administration & dosage Analysis of Variance Anaplasma phagocytophilum--genetics Animal Feed Animals Arachnid Vectors--microbiology Borrelia--genetics Borrelia burgdorferi--isolation & purification Deer--parasitology Ehrlichiosis--epidemiology Humans Ixodes--growth & development Lyme Disease--epidemiology New England--epidemiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Population Density Prevalence Tick Control--methods Tick Infestations--epidemiology