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Adverse moisture events predict seasonal abundance of Lyme disease vector ticks (Ixodes scapularis)

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, April 2014
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Title
Adverse moisture events predict seasonal abundance of Lyme disease vector ticks (Ixodes scapularis)
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Parasites & Vectors, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-7-181
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Kathryn A Berger, Howard S Ginsberg, Katherine D Dugas, Lutz H Hamel, Thomas N Mather

Abstract

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in north temperate regions worldwide, affecting an estimated 300,000 people annually in the United States alone. The incidence of LB is correlated with human exposure to its vector, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). To date, attempts to model tick encounter risk based on environmental parameters have been equivocal. Previous studies have not considered (1) the differences between relative humidity (RH) in leaf litter and at weather stations, (2) the RH threshold that affects nymphal blacklegged tick survival, and (3) the time required below the threshold to induce mortality. We clarify the association between environmental moisture and tick survival by presenting a significant relationship between the total number of tick adverse moisture events (TAMEs - calculated as microclimatic periods below a RH threshold) and tick abundance each year.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Colombia 1 1%
Unknown 93 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 17%
Student > Master 15 16%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Bachelor 13 14%
Professor 6 6%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 19 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 36%
Environmental Science 10 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 6%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 26 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 May 2014.
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#3,130,922
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#647
of 5,986 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,377
of 240,571 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#7
of 105 outputs
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