A spatial model of mosquito host-seeking behavior

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cummins, Bree ^a   Cortez, Ricardo ^a   Foppa, Ivo M ^b   Walbeck, Justin ^a   Hyman, James M ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRUSES;

CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE FEVERS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER CHOICE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL MODELLING; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WIND VELOCITIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENSITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECT BITE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLUME DISPERSION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; WIND;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SMELL; WIND;

EID: 84863661735     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002500     Document Type: Article

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