The infection rate of Daphnia magna by Pasteuria ramosa conforms with the mass-action principle

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 957-966

  Regoes, R R ^a   Hottinger, J W ^b   Sygnarski, L ^b   Ebert, D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; EXPOSURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MASS ACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DAPHNIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0142149034     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008793     Document Type: Article

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