Transmission as a predictor of ecological host specificity with a focus on vertical transmission of microsporidia

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 132-140

  Solter, Leellen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Host range; Host specificity; Microsporidia; Transovarial transmission; Transovum transmission; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MICROSPORIDIA; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 33745736298     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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