A field-based indicator for determining the likelihood of Ixodes scapularis establishment at sites in Ontario, Canada

• Katie M. Clow ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kclow@uoguelph.ca

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1618-9998

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• Nicholas H. Ogden,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

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• L. Robbin Lindsay,

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

  Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Curtis B. Russell,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enteric, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Pascal Michel,

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

  Affiliation Office of the Chief Science Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• David L. Pearl,

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

  Affiliation Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Claire M. Jardine

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

  Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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