And another paper from my lab, this one years in the making! Our best attempt at a comprehensive analysis of all reported TBDs (human) and TBP seroprevalence (dog) in Illinois across the entire reporting period. Spatial clustering to match tick presence, rural risk, and possible reporting bias
Illinois is known to have established populations of four vector tick species of human health concern: Ixodes scapularis, Dermacentor variabilis, Ambl…