Parasites, ecosystems and sustainability: An ecological and complex systems perspective

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 725-732

  Horwitz, Pierre ^a   Wilcox, Bruce A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Ecosystems; Emerging infectious disease; Integrated parasite management; Parasites; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 19544368482     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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