The association between the incidence of Lyme disease in the USA and indicators of greenness and land cover.

Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis · 2023 · PMC10373656 · PMID 37520741

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Land cover variables showed complex non-linear associations with incidence: average county-specific NDVI showed a “u-shaped” association, the standard deviation of NDVI showed a monotonic upward relationship, population density showed a decreasing trend, areas of land and water showed “n-shaped” relationships.

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