Passive Tick Surveillance Provides an Accurate Early Signal of Emerging Lyme Disease Risk and Human Cases in Southern Canada

Author:

Ripoche, M, Gasmi, S, Adam-Poupart, A, Koffi, J, Lindsay, L, Ludwig, A, Milord, F, Ogden, N, Thivierge, K, and Leighton, P

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2018-03

Journal/Series title:

J Med Entomol.

URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29522180

Abstract:

We investigated the relationships between risk signals provided by human cases, passive and active tick surveillance to assess the performance of tick surveillance for early detection of emerging risk areas.