Human risk to tick encounters in the southeastern United States estimated with spatial distribution modeling.

Expanding geographic distribution and increased populations of ticks has resulted in an upsurge of human-tick encounters in the United States (US), leading to an increase in tickborne disease reporting. Limited knowledge of the broadscale spatial range of tick species is heightened by a rapidly chan...

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Main Authors: Rebecca A Butler, Mona Papeş, James T Vogt, Dave J Paulsen, Christopher Crowe, Rebecca T Trout Fryxell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011919&type=printable