Evidence for an effect of landscape connectivity on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto dispersion in a zone of range expansion

Author:

Mechai, S, Margos, G, Feil, E, Lindsay, L, Michel, P, Kotchiba, S, and Ogden, N

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2018-09

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URL:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X1830195X

Abstract:

This study suggests that accounting for landscape connectivity may improve model-based predictions of spatial spread patterns of B. burgdorferi s.s. The findings are consistent with possible past dispersal patterns of B. burgdorferi s.s. as determined by phylogeographic studies.