A modest model explains the distribution and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi strains

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-622

  Brisson, Dustin ^a   Dykhuizen, Daniel E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ENGLAND; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646365881     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.615     Document Type: Article

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