Investigating the persistence of tick-borne pathogens via the R0 model

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 896-905

  Harrison, A ^a   Montgomery, W I ^a   Bown, K J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basic reproduction number; Ixodes ricinus; tick borne disease; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RODENT DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79958809155     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000400     Document Type: Article

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