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Trop Med Parasitol 1994 Mar;45(1):39-44.

Transmission of the agent of Lyme disease on a subtropical island.

Matuschka FR, Eiffert H, Ohlenbusch A, Richter D, Schein E, Spielman A

Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1701

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes No No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
experimental 32 vector - - -
cross sectional 611 ingestion, vector exposure yes concurrent
Exposures Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Risk factors Seasons
Outcomes Lyme Disease
Species Apodemus agrarius
Canaries
Cattle
Ixodes
Mice
Mongolian jird
Podarcis dugesii
Rabbits
Rats
roof rat
Sheep
Locations
Portugal Madeira Madeira Islands (islands)

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