Sex and the dynamics of infection in the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-201

  Bohan, D A ^a,b   Hominick, W M ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Intl Institute of Parasitology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 0030955257     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015911     Document Type: Article

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