Are host control strategies effective to eradicate tick-borne diseases (TBD)?
Acaricide
Co-feeding
Control methods
Overcompensation
Repellent
Ticks
Journal
Journal of theoretical biology
ISSN: 1095-8541
Titre abrégé: J Theor Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0376342
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 01 2021
07 01 2021
Historique:
received:
20
05
2020
revised:
31
08
2020
accepted:
02
09
2020
pubmed:
13
9
2020
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
12
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ticks are responsible for spreading harmful diseases including Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis. Understanding tick population dynamics and predicting risk of tick-borne disease insurgence helps to design preventive actions against the disease spread. Using a compartmental model describing the pathogen transmission among ticks and hosts, we study the influence of host-targeted tick control strategies with chemical insecticides on tick population and disease transmission dynamics. Our analysis shows that in areas with rapid-growing population of ticks, host-targeted controls using chemical insecticides may enhance disease persistence and even turn a disease-free area to a disease endemic area. Therefore, the complex dynamics of pathogen spread among ticks and hosts should be carefully examined when designing tick control strategies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32918921
pii: S0022-5193(20)30338-6
doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110483
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
110483Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.