A mathematical model of the ecology of Lyme disease

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-296

  Porco, Travis C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Mathematical model; Peromyscus leucopus; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MAMMALS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LIFE HISTORY; LYME DISEASE; PARAMETER CHOICE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; THRESHOLD CONDITION; TRANSMISSION CHAINS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032862051     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb16.3.261     Document Type: Article

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