Species distribution models for the eastern blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Ontario, Canada

• Andreea M. Slatculescu ,

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

  * E-mail: aslat086@uottawa.ca

  Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5234-2211

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• Katie M. Clow,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Roman McKay,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Benoit Talbot,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• James J. Logan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Charles R. Thickstun,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Claire M. Jardine,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, 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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• Nicholas H. Ogden,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Anders J. Knudby,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Manisha A. Kulkarni

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

  Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-4960

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