Analysis of the human population bitten by Ixodes scapularis ticks in Quebec, Canada: Increasing risk of Lyme disease

Author:

Gasmi, S, Ogden, NH, Leighton, PA, Lindsay, LR, and Thivierge, K

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-10

Journal/Series title:

Ticks Tick Borne Dis

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27650641

Abstract:

The aims of this study were to (i) describe how risk of Lyme disease in Quebec, Canada, has changed from 2008 to 2014 by analysis of the number of tick submissions, the geographic scope of ticks submitted and the prevalence of B. burgdorferi in ticks removed from people and submitted through the Quebec passive tick surveillance program and (ii) explore whether exposure to ticks is influenced by age and sex.