Baptism of Fire: Modeling the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Lyme Disease

Figure 1

Flow diagram of the Lyme disease model for ticks and mice. The mice population is represented by the red boxes and is divided into susceptible and infected compartments. The tick population is represented by the blue boxes and is divided by life stage and infection status. It consists of susceptible eggs , susceptible larvae , infected larvae , susceptible nymphs , infected nymphs , susceptible adults , and infected adults .