2009
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
Hoen A, Rollend L, Papero M, Carroll J, Daniels T, Mather T, Schulze T, Stafford K, Fish D. 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. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2009, 9: 431-438. PMID: 19650738, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEntomologic riskInfection prevalenceB. burgdorferiPrevalence of infectionFever group spirochetesBacterial coinfectionSelf treatmentTick infection prevalenceLyme diseaseBorrelia miyamotoiB. miyamotoiBacterial agentsPrevalenceBorrelia burgdorferiAnaplasma phagocytophilumA. phagocytophilumAdultsRiskBurgdorferiInfectionDiseaseHost-seeking ticksProportion of ticksAdult ticksTick control
2005
Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk
Brownstein JS, Skelly DK, Holford TR, Fish D. Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk. Oecologia 2005, 146: 469-475. PMID: 16187106, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0251-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research