Human risk to tick encounters in the southeastern United States estimated with spatial distribution modeling.

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"The Forest Inventory and Analysis Program of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture providing funding for the collection and submission of the ticks used in the study; procured by JTV and RTTF. JTV and CC are employed by the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."