Modeling the role of songbirds and rodents in the ecology of lyme disease

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2184-2197

  Giardina, A R ^a   Schmidt, K A ^a   Schauber, E M ^a   Ostfeld, R S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; LYME DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; SONGBIRD;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 85047684312     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-162     Document Type: Article

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