Persistence of pathogens with short infectious periods in seasonal tick populations: The relative importance of three transmission routes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Nonaka, Etsuko ^a   Ebel, Gregory D ^b   Wearing, Helen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LYME DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; POPULATION MODEL; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; TICK INFESTATION; VIROLOGY;

DEER TICK VIRUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; POWASSAN VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 77955342863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011745     Document Type: Article

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