Acquired immunity of a schistosomiasis transmission model - Analysis of the stabilizing effects

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-482

  Hyun, Mo Yang ^a   Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUPERINFECTION;

TREMATODA;

EID: 0033590707     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0837     Document Type: Article

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