A simple model for the establishment of tick-borne pathogens of Ixodes scapularis: A global sensitivity analysis of R0

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-221

  Dunn, J M ^a   Davis, S ^a   Stacey, A ^a   Diuk Wasser, M A ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Global sensitivity analysis; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; LYME DISEASE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGEN; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TICK;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881013370     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.06.035     Document Type: Article

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