Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases

WM de Souza, SC Weaver - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by haematophagous arthropods (for example,
mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies) to humans and wild and domestic animals, with the largest …

Ixodes scapularis density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence along a residential-woodland gradient in a region of emerging Lyme disease risk

JJ Logan, A Knudby, PA Leighton, B Talbot, R McKay… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The environmental risk of Lyme disease, defined by the density of Ixodes scapularis ticks
and their prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection, is increasing across the Ottawa …