Population-Based Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Expanding Foci of Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis and the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada

Author:

Nelder, M, Russell, CB, Lindsay, LR, Dhar, B, Patel, S, Johnson, S, Moore, S, Kristjanson, E, Li, Y, and Ralevski, F

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2014-08

Journal/Series title:

Plos ONE

URL:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0105358

Abstract:

This study provides essential information on ticks of medical importance in Ontario, and identifies demographic and geographic areas for focused public education on the prevention of tick bites and tick-borne diseases.