The influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the invasion of Ixodes scapularis in Ontario, Canada

Author:

Clow, KM, Ogden, NH, Lindsay, LR, Michel, P, Pearl, DL, and Jardine, CM

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2017-03

Journal/Series title:

Ticks Tick Borne Dis.

Volume:

S1877-959X

Issue:

URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28359751

Abstract:

Findings illustrate that local ecological factors are of importance for the invasion of I. scapularis into Ontario, and may be used to enhance local public health interventions and current predictive models and risk maps for I. scapularis.