Tick-borne encephalitis transmission risk: Its dependence on host population dynamics and climate effects

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 346-352

  Palo, R Thomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borne encephalitis; European hare; Ixodes ricinus; Red fox; Roe deer; Sweden; Temperature; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLAVIVIRUS; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROE DEER; SUMMER; SWEDEN; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VULPES VULPES; WILDLIFE; WINTER; ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FOX; HARE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CLIMATE; DEER; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FOXES; HARES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IXODES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84900389582     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1386     Document Type: Article

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