Epidemiological surveillance of tick populations: A model to predict the colonization success of Ixodes ricinus (Acari:Ixodidae)

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-580

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonization rate; Ixodes ricinus; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INSECT; IXODES RICINUS; MODEL; PREDICTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FUZZY LOGIC; IXODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0030745534     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007347811889     Document Type: Article

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