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dc.contributor.authorZolnik, Christine P.
dc.contributor.authorFalco, Richard C.
dc.contributor.authorKolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Thomas J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-25T18:38:27Z
dc.date.available2022-08-25T18:38:27Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-02
dc.identifier.citationZolnik CP, Falco RC, Kolokotronis SO, Daniels TJ. No Observed Effect of Landscape Fragmentation on Pathogen Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 2;10(10):e0139473. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139473. PMID: 26430734; PMCID: PMC4591970.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0139473
dc.identifier.pmid26430734
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7504
dc.description.abstractPathogen prevalence within blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821) tends to vary across sites and geographic regions, but the underlying causes of this variation are not well understood. Efforts to understand the ecology of Lyme disease have led to the proposition that sites with higher host diversity will result in lower disease risk due to an increase in the abundance of inefficient reservoir species relative to the abundance of species that are highly competent reservoirs. Although the Lyme disease transmission cycle is often cited as a model for this "dilution effect hypothesis", little empirical evidence exists to support that claim. Here we tested the dilution effect hypothesis for two pathogens transmitted by the blacklegged tick along an urban-to-rural gradient in the northeastern United States using landscape fragmentation as a proxy for host biodiversity. Percent impervious surface and habitat fragment size around each site were determined to assess the effect of landscape fragmentation on nymphal blacklegged tick infection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Our results do not support the dilution effect hypothesis for either pathogen and are in agreement with the few studies to date that have tested this idea using either a landscape proxy or direct measures of host biodiversity.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectMultidisciplinaryen_US
dc.titleNo Observed Effect of Landscape Fragmentation on Pathogen Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitlePLOS ONEen_US
dc.source.volume10
dc.source.issue10
dc.source.beginpagee0139473
dc.description.versionVoRen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-25T18:38:28Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Downstateen_US
dc.description.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticsen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US


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