Population biology of Schistosoma mansoni in the black rat: Host regulation and basic transmission rate

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 673-684

  Morand, Serge ^a   Pointier, Jean Pierre ^b   Théron, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Model; Parasitism; Population biology; Rattus rattus; Schistosoma mansoni; Stability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; RAT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; RATTUS RATTUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032988469     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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