Vector seasonality, host infection dynamics and fitness of pathogens transmitted by the tick Ixodes scapularis

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-227

  Ogden, N H ^a,b   Bigras Poulin, M ^a   O'Callaghan, C J ^c   Barker, I K ^d   Kurtenbach, K ^e   Lindsay, L R ^f   Charron, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Fitness; Ixodes scapularis; Model; Peromyscus leucopus; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MICROPARASITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEROMYSCUS; SEASONS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845965730     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001417     Document Type: Article

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