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+ | === Final Presentation === | ||
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===== Group ===== | ===== Group ===== | ||
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* Rodriguez Carrillo, Luisa Fernanda; //National University of Colombia, Mathematics Dept., Colombia// | * Rodriguez Carrillo, Luisa Fernanda; //National University of Colombia, Mathematics Dept., Colombia// | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | === Assistants === | ||
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+ | * Bruno Pace | ||
+ | * Renato Coutinho | ||
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- | The Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria | + | Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria //Borrelia burgdorferi// |
- | //Borrelia burgdorferi// | + | |
- | ticks. It is an important public health issue in US, where it is | + | |
- | the most common vector-borne disease. | + | |
- | be infected and act as reservoirs. | + | |
- | in their **host competence**, | + | |
- | sustain the population of ticks. | + | |
- | species in the **reservoir competence**, | + | |
- | ability of an infected host to infect a tick. | + | |
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- | The lizard // | + | The lizard // |
- | the tick //Ixodes pacificus// in the western US. Nevertheless, | + | |
- | lizard has a very low reservoir competence, as it has highly effective | + | |
- | immune defenses against //Borrelia burgdorferi// | + | |
- | an important barrier to the transmission of Lyme disease in the | + | |
- | region. Oddly enough, an experimental removal of lizards did not | + | |
- | increase the tick infection prevalence, nor was there a marked increase in the tick | + | |
- | load on alternative hosts [1]. | + | |
==== Questions ==== | ==== Questions ==== | ||
- | Can a mathematical model for Lyme disease transmission | + | Can a mathematical model for Lyme disease transmission help understand the experimental result described above? |
- | help to understand the experimental result described above? | + | What else such a model can predict |
- | What else such a model can predict | + | |
- | * the infection risk to humans? | + | * infection risk to humans? |
* host assemblages and Lyme disease prevalence in humans and reservoirs? | * host assemblages and Lyme disease prevalence in humans and reservoirs? | ||
* management of reservoir populations to decrease the risk of infection? | * management of reservoir populations to decrease the risk of infection? | ||
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==== Reference ==== | ==== Reference ==== | ||
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- | - Andrea Swei, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert S. Lane, and Cheryl J. Briggs. [[ http:// | ||
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