The effects of host diversity on vector-borne disease: The conditions under which diversity will amplify or dilute the disease risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Ezer ^a,b   Huppert, Amit ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIVERSITY AMPLIFICATION; HOST; HOST RANGE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; VECTOR BORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK;

EID: 84896739778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080279     Document Type: Article

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