Heterogeneity in the distribution of Strongyloides ratti infective stages among the faecal pellets of rats

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Harvey, S C ^b   Paterson, S ^a,b   Viney, M E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg counts; Overdispersion; Spatial heterogeneity; Strongyloides ratii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; INTESTINE INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

ANIMALS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FECES; FEMALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; VERMES;

EID: 0032807893     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004588     Document Type: Article

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