ArticleEcology and evolution2022
No net effect of host density on tick-borne disease hazard due to opposing roles of vector amplification and pathogen dilution.
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Landscape heterogeneity, forest structure, and mammalian host diversity shape tick density and prevalence of the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Reappraisal of the Dilution and Amplification Effect Framework: A Case Study in Lyme Disease.Ecology and evolution · 2025Review
- Diversity-disease relationships in natural microscopic nematode communities.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Molecular detection of some zoonotic tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from camels (Camelus dromedarius) as hosts and wild rodents as potential reservoirs.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Modeling platform to assess the effectiveness of single and integrated Ixodes scapularis tick control methods.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Effects of rodent abundance on ticks and Borrelia: results from an experimental and observational study in an island system.Parasites & vectors · 2024Observational
- Vector competence of Ixodes ricinus instars for the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in different small mammalian hosts.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks.Journal of land use science · 2024Article
- A crucial nexus: PhylogeneticCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Article
- Understanding Habitats and Environmental Conditions of White-Tailed Deer Population Density and Public Health Data to Aid in Assessing Human Tick-Borne Disease Risk.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Current and Future Habitat Suitability Models for Four Ticks of Medical Concern in Illinois, USA.Insects · 2023Article
- No net effect of host density on tick-borne disease hazard due to opposing roles of vector amplification and pathogen dilution.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
To better understand vector-borne disease dynamics, knowledge of the ecological interactions between animal hosts, vectors, and pathogens is needed. The effects of hosts on disease hazard depends on their role in driving vector abundance and their ability to transmit pathogens. Theoretically, a host that cannot transmit a pathogen could dilute pathogen prevalence but increase disease hazard if it increases vector population size. In the case of Lyme disease, caused by
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