Loop analysis for pathogens: Niche partitioning in the transmission graph for pathogens of the North American tick Ixodes scapularis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Davis, Stephen ^a,b   Bent, Stephen J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black legged tick; Lyme disease; Mathematical model; Next generation matrix

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LOOP ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BABESIA MICROTI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; POWASSAN VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958573517     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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