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. 2021 Jul 14;10(7):893. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10070893

Table 7.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria

  • Original articles written in English or French;

  • Articles should be published in peer-reviewed journals during the last 20 years (from 2001 to 2020);

  • Articles outlining quantitative and/or qualitative risk modeling of the spread or distribution of ticks and/or TBD;

  • Studies on spatial and temporal distribution of ticks and TBD.

  • Studies focused on vectors and vector-borne diseases different from ticks and associated diseases;

  • Studies related to ticks and TBD concerning only humans;

  • Articles that describe biological models instead of statistical or mathematical ones;

  • Articles focused on efficacy or resistance analysis of acaricides on ticks;

  • Articles that did not address ticks and/or TBD distribution, and risk factors for their spread;

  • Review articles on modeling the risk of spread or distribution of ticks and/or TBD;

  • Studies related only to economic models;

  • Studies related to vaccine efficacy models;

  • Studies related to simulation models;

  • Studies related to TBD transmission modeling.

TBD, tick-borne diseases.