TY - JOUR
T1 - Geographic information systems and spatial analysis of adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S.A
AU - Bunnell, Joseph E.
AU - Price, Susan D.
AU - Das, Abhik
AU - Shields, Timothy M.
AU - Glass, Gregory E.
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - In the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S.A., the vector of Lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and other human and veterinary pathogens is the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say. In 1997 and 1998, 663 adult I. scapularis ticks were collected from 320 transects spanning 66,400 km2 in five states of the Middle Atlantic region. Tick abundance patterns were clustered, with relatively high numbers along the coastal plain of the Chesapeake Bay, decreasing to the west and south. There were significant associations between tick abundance and land cover, distance to water, distance to forest edge, elevation, and soil type.
AB - In the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S.A., the vector of Lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and other human and veterinary pathogens is the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say. In 1997 and 1998, 663 adult I. scapularis ticks were collected from 320 transects spanning 66,400 km2 in five states of the Middle Atlantic region. Tick abundance patterns were clustered, with relatively high numbers along the coastal plain of the Chesapeake Bay, decreasing to the west and south. There were significant associations between tick abundance and land cover, distance to water, distance to forest edge, elevation, and soil type.
KW - Environmental predictors
KW - GIS
KW - Ixodes scapularis
KW - Poisson-normal model
KW - Soil
KW - Spatial correlation
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U2 - 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.570
DO - 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.570
M3 - Article
C2 - 14680128
AN - SCOPUS:1642361618
SN - 0022-2585
VL - 40
SP - 570
EP - 576
JO - Journal of medical entomology
JF - Journal of medical entomology
IS - 4
ER -