The influence of drug treatment on the maintenance of schistosome genetic diversity

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-68

  Feng, Zhilan ^a   Curtis, Jason ^a   Minchella, Dennis J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Drug resistance; Genetic diversity; Mathematical models; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035401158     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850100092     Document Type: Article

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