Ticking Time Bomb? Climate Change and Ixodes scapularis
Title | Ticking Time Bomb? Climate Change and Ixodes scapularis |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Levy, S |
Journal | Environ Health Perspect |
Volume | 122 |
Start Page | A168 |
Issue | 6 |
Date Published | 06/2014 |
Keywords | birds, Canada, change, climate, dicks, geography, ixodes, lyme, scapulars, spread |
Abstract | Evidence is mounting that, on its northern front, the expanding range of Lyme disease is driven by climate change; warming temperatures allow new populations of the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis, to establish themselves in regions that were once too cold. |
URL | http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/122-a168/ |
DOI | 10.1289/ehp.122-A168 |