Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density

• Howard S. Ginsberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hginsberg@usgs.gov

  Affiliations US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Woodward-PSE, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-2466

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• Graham J. Hickling,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-7505

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• Russell L. Burke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

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• Nicholas H. Ogden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ste-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

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• Lorenza Beati,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

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• Roger A. LeBrun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

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• Isis M. Arsnoe,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Richard Gerhold,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Seungeun Han,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9463-6012

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• Kaetlyn Jackson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

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• Lauren Maestas,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7820-9478

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• Teresa Moody,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Genevieve Pang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Breann Ross,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

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• Eric L. Rulison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

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• Jean I. Tsao

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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