A multi-year assessment of blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) population establishment and Lyme disease risk areas in Ottawa, Canada, 2017-2019.

A multi-year assessment of blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) population establishment and Lyme disease risk areas in Ottawa, Canada, 2017-2019.

Canadians face an emerging threat of Lyme disease due to the northward expansion of the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis. We evaluated the degree of I. scapularis population establishment and Borrelia burgdorferi occurrence in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2017-2019 using active surveillanc...

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Main Authors: Holly Burrows, Benoit Talbot, Roman McKay, Andreea Slatculescu, James Logan, Charles Thickstun, L Robbin Lindsay, Antonia Dibernardo, Jules K Koffi, Nicholas H Ogden, Manisha A Kulkarni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246484

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246484

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