Sex, strains and virulence

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 375-383

  Hastings, I M ^a   Wedgewood Oppenheim, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030839508     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01110-1     Document Type: Review

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