Different Ecological Niches for Ticks of Public Health Significance in Canada

Author:

Gabriele-Rivet, V, Arsenault, J, Badcock, J, Cheng, A, Edsall, J, Goltz, J, Kennedy, J, Lindsay, LR, Pelcat, Y, and Ogden, NH

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2015-07

Journal/Series title:

PLoS One

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URL:

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131282

Abstract:

In this study the geographical distributions of Ixodid ticks, including I. scapularis, and environmental factors associated with their occurrence were investigated in New Brunswick, Canada, where few I. scapularis populations have been found to date.