Relationship between worm burden and male proportion in Schistosoma mansoni experimentally infected rodents and primates. A meta-analytical approach

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1597-1599

  Boissier, Jérôme ^a   Moné, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Male proportion; Schistosoma mansoni; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

PARASITE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIMATE; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; MICE; MONKEY DISEASES; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0035216892     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00277-6     Document Type: Article

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