Simple epidemiological model predicts the relationships between prevalence and abundance in ixodid ticks

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Authors: STANKO, M., KRASNOV, B. R., MIKLISOVA, D., MORAND, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Animal Science and Zoology; Parasitology; Burrows; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182006001296; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182006001296

We tested whether the prevalence of ticks can be predicted reliably from a simple epidemiological model that takes into account only mean abundance and its variance. We used data on the abundance and distribution of larvae and nymphs of 2 ixodid ticks parasitic on small mammals ( Apodemus agrarius ,...