Multi-Scale Clustering of Lyme Disease Risk at the Expanding Leading Edge of the Range of Ixodes scapularis in Canada

Author:

Ripoche, M, Lindsay, LR, Ludwig, A, Ogden, NH, Thivierge, K, and Leighton, PA

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2018-03

Journal/Series title:

Int J Environ Res Public Health

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29584627

Abstract:

Here, we investigated I. scapularis nymph distribution at three spatial scales across the Lyme disease emergence zone in southern Quebec, Canada. We collected ticks and compared the nymph densities among different woodlands and different plots and transects within the same woodland. Hot spot analysis highlighted significant nymph clustering at each spatial scale.