Helminth growth in vertebrate hosts: Does host sex matter?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1311-1315

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

body size; growth; host sex; meta analysis; parasitic helminths

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CESTODA; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MAMMALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030294998     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00108-7     Document Type: Article

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