Mapping Lyme Disease Incidence for Diagnostic and Preventive Decisions, Maryland
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To support diagnostic and preventive decision making, we analyzed incidence of Lyme disease in Maryland on the zip code level. Areas of high incidence were identified on the Upper Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay and in counties north and east of Baltimore City. These latter foci, especially, are not visible when mapping Lyme disease on the county level.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002