Are multiple gametocyte infections in malarial parasites an adaptation to ensure fertility?

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Martinez De La Puente J ^a   Merino, S ^a   Tomas G ^a   Moreno, J ^a   Morales, J ^a   Lobato, E ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Multiple infections; Parus caeruleus; Sexual stages; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; FOWL; GAMETOCYTE; HOST CELL; INSURANCE; MALARIA; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMAQUINE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 30144442306     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008711     Document Type: Article

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