Figure 1
From: Impact of biodiversity and seasonality on Lyme-pathogen transmission
Schematic diagram for the Lyme disease transmission. To describe the tick development and biting activities, the tick population is divided into 7 stages, stratified further as the uninfected or infected epidemiological classes for postegg stages. Immature ticks can feed on two host species, the mice (H1) and an alternative host (H2), while adult ticks are assumed to feed only on deer in this study.