Epidemiological uses of a population model for the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Randolph, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Epidemiology; Population model; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Risk; Seasonal dynamics; Ticks

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; TICK;

BURUNDI; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK;

(EAST); AFRICA;

ACARI; DIPTERA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0032887847     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00449.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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