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+=== Final Presentation ===
+{{:2014:groups:g2:presentation-2.pdf| GROUP 2 PRESENTATION}}
 ===== Group =====
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   * Rodriguez Carrillo, Luisa Fernanda; //National University of Colombia, Mathematics Dept., Colombia//
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+=== Assistants ===
+  * Bruno Pace
+  * Renato Coutinho
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 {{  http://phil.cdc.gov/PHIL_Images/13170/13170_lores.jpg?180|Borrelia burgdorferi}}
-The lizard //Sceloporus occidentalis// is by far the most competent host of the tick //Ixodes pacificus// in the western US. Nevertheless, the lizard has a very low reservoir competence, as it has highly effective immune defenses against //Borrelia burgdorferi//. Therefore, //S. occidentalis// can act as 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].
+The lizard //Sceloporus occidentalis// is by far the most competent host of the tick //Ixodes pacificus// in the western US. Nevertheless, the lizard has a very low reservoir competence, as it has highly effective immune defenses against //Borrelia burgdorferi//. Therefore, //S. occidentalis// can act as 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 ((Andrea Swei, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert S. Lane, and Cheryl J. Briggs. [[ http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/02/10/rspb.2010.2402.full.pdf | Impact of the experimental removal of lizards on lyme disease risk]]. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1720):2970–2978, 2011.)).
 ==== 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 about:
-What else such a model can predict on:
-  * the infection risk to humans?
+  * infection risk to humans?
   * host assemblages and Lyme disease prevalence in humans and reservoirs?
   * management of reservoir populations to decrease the risk of infection?
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 ==== Reference ====
-  - Andrea Swei, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert S. Lane, and Cheryl J. Briggs. [[ http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/02/10/rspb.2010.2402.full.pdf | Impact of the experimental removal of lizards on lyme disease risk]]. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1720):2970–2978, 2011.