Empirical evidence for key hosts in persistence of a tick-borne disease - Perkins, Sarah E.; Cattadori, Isabella M.; Tagliapietra, Valentina; Rizzoli, Annapaola P.; Hudson, Peter J. (International journal for parasitology, 2003)
Keywords: 20/80 Rule; Animals; Apodemus flavicollis; Behavior, Animal; Biological and medical sciences; Co-feeding; disease transmission; Disease Vectors; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - prevention & control; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - transmission; Feeding Behavior; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; hematophagy; Heterogeneity; Host-Parasite Interactions; hosts; Humans; Italy; Ixodes ricinus; Ixodidae; Male; males; mathematics and statistics; Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control; Muridae; Muridae - parasitology; Muridae - physiology; parasitology; physiology; prevention & control; spatial variation; temporal variation; Tick Infestations; Tick Infestations - virology; Tick-borne encephalitis; Tick-borne encephalitis virus; transmission; vector competence; Vector-borne disease; vectorial capacity; Vectors. Intermediate hosts; virology; Italy; 20/80 Rule; Heterogeneity; Vector-borne disease; Tick-borne encephalitis; Co-feeding; Host parasite relation; Apodemus flavicollis; Acari; Transmission from animal to animal; Arbovirus disease; Vector; Ixodidae; Parasitiformes; Nervous system diseases; Tick borne encephalitis; Rodentia; Host; Cerebral disorder; Feeding; Infection; Arachnida; Vertebrata; Ixodes; Mammalia; Ixodida; Arthropoda; Viral disease; Central nervous system disease; Muridae; Invertebrata