The twin concepts of zooprophylaxis and the dilution effect originated with vector-borne
diseases (malaria), were driven forward by studies on Lyme borreliosis and have now …

Human‐driven species annihilations loom as a major crisis. However the recovery of deer
and wolf populations in many parts of the northern hemisphere has resulted in conflicts and …

Lyme disease has increased both in incidence and geographic extent in the United States
and Canada over the past two decades. One of the underlying causes is changes during the …

A dynamic population model of Ixodes scapularis, the vector of a number of tick-borne
zoonoses in North America, was developed to simulate effects of temperature on tick …

Studies of transmission, maintenance, infectivity, virulence, and pathogenicity of tick-borne
agents require the use of large numbers of live laboratory-raised ticks. Colonies of Ixodes …

Background The foraging behavior of blood-sucking arthropods is the defining biological
event shaping the transmission cycle of vector-borne parasites. It is also a phenomenon that …

We used computer simulation of Lyme disease to test the hypothesis that infection rates of
ticks and risk to humans could be reduced by controlling populations of the vertebrate hosts …

The abundance of the tick Ixodes ricinus (L.) and the infection rate of ticks with Borrelia
burgdorferi (Johnson et al.) were compared on either side of a deer fence in a forest park in …

Factors regulating prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sl Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt
& Brenner in Ixodes ricinus (L.) were examined during 1991–1992 at Bogesund, near …

This pattern of spread of Lyme disease and its vectors in the northeastern United States and
Europe derives from the recent proliferation of deer, and the abundance of deer derives from …