Modeling tick-borne disease: A metapopulation model

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 265-288

  Gaff, Holly D ^a   Gross, Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichiosis; Epidemiology; Tick borne disease; Vector borne disease model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; IXODIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENNESSEE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 33846523431     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9125-5     Document Type: Article

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