Simulation of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Population Dynamics and Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-484

  Mount, G A ^a   Haile, D G ^a   Daniels, E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Computer simulation; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Modeling; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; OOCYTE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VERTEBRATE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; OVUM; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VERTEBRATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0031183632     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.4.461     Document Type: Article

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