Geographical and environmental factors driving the increase in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis.

ABSTRACT: The population densities of many organisms have changed dramatically in recent history. Increases in the population density of medically relevant organisms are of particular importance to public health as they are often correlated with the emergence of infectious diseases in human populations. Our aim is to delineate increases in density of a common disease vector in North America, the blacklegged tick, and to identify the environmental factors correlated with these population dynamics. Empirical data that capture the growth of a population are often necessary to identify environmental factors associated with these dynamics. We analyzed temporally- and spatially-structured field collected data in a geographical information systems framework to describe the population growth of blacklegged

SUBMITTER: Khatchikian CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3872055 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature