Modeling effective transmission pathways and control of the world's most successful parasite

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-61

  Turner, Matthew ^a,b   Lenhart, Suzanne ^b   Rosenthal, Benjamin ^c   Zhao, Xiaopeng ^a,b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential equations; Epidemic model; Toxoplasma gondii; Transmission mechanisms

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EXCRETION; FELID; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INGESTION RATE; MEAT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; VERTEBRATE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877627393     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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