Effect of Rising Temperature on Lyme Disease: Ixodes scapularis Population Dynamics and Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission and Prevalence

Figure 3

Temporal dynamics of tick populations and selected stages at steady state for historical temperature, 3°C above historical, and 6°C above historical. (a) Seasonal pattern of questing larvae (L₂), (b) questing nymphs (NU₂ + NI₂), (c) adults (AU₂ + AI₂), and (d) infected nymphs (NI₂) per km². The time axis represents the final year of the run from Jan 1 to Dec 31. Note the difference in scale of the four panels.

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