Pattern of Tick Aggregation on Mice: Larger Than Expected Distribution Tail Enhances the Spread of Tick-Borne Pathogens

Luca Ferreri; Mario Giacobini; Paolo Bajardi; Luigi Bertolotti; Luca Bolzoni; Valentina Tagliapietra; Annapaola Rizzoli; Roberto Rosà

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003931

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Pattern of Tick Aggregation on Mice: Larger Than Expected Distribution Tail Enhances the Spread of Tick-Borne Pathogens

Luca Ferreri ,

* E-mail: luca.ferreri@unito.it

Affiliations Computational Epidemiology Group, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy, Applied Research on Computational Complex Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Mario Giacobini,

Affiliations Computational Epidemiology Group, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy, Applied Research on Computational Complex Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Torino, Italy, Complex Systems Unit, Molecular Biotechnology Centre, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Paolo Bajardi,

Affiliations Computational Epidemiology Group, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy, Applied Research on Computational Complex Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Luigi Bertolotti,

Affiliation Computational Epidemiology Group, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Luca Bolzoni,

Affiliations Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Parma, Italy, Dipartimento Biodiversità ed Ecologia Molecolare, Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Valentina Tagliapietra,

Affiliation Dipartimento Biodiversità ed Ecologia Molecolare, Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Annapaola Rizzoli,

Affiliation Dipartimento Biodiversità ed Ecologia Molecolare, Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Roberto Rosà

Affiliation Dipartimento Biodiversità ed Ecologia Molecolare, Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Pattern of Tick Aggregation on Mice: Larger Than Expected Distribution Tail Enhances the Spread of Tick-Borne Pathogens

Luca Ferreri,
Mario Giacobini,
Paolo Bajardi,
Luigi Bertolotti,
Luca Bolzoni,
Valentina Tagliapietra,
Annapaola Rizzoli,
Roberto Rosà

Published: November 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003931

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