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Quantitative ecology of ticks as a basis for transmission models of tick-borne pathogens

Abstract:
Tick population ecology is the basis of spatiotemporal variation in the risk of infection by tick-borne pathogens. The continental distribution of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Europe is statistically associated with a specific patterns of the seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus, and a particular characteristic of the seasonal land surface temperature profile. A tick population model would allow us to move from this statistical analysis to a biological, process-based model for TBE virus and the many other pathogens vectored by Ixodes spp. ticks in Europe and the United States. Long-term field data on I. ricinus are analyzed to provice empirical estimates of rates of the major demographic processes, development, questing, attachment to hosts, and mortality.
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10.1089/153036602321653789

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
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Publisher:
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Journal:
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases More from this journal
Volume:
2
Issue:
4
Pages:
209-215
Publication date:
2002-07-01
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EISSN:
1557-7759
ISSN:
1530-3667


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English
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2011-06-21
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