The role of sex in parasite dynamics: Model simulations on transmission of Heligmosomoides polygyrus in populations of yellow-necked mice, Apodemus flavicollis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Ferrari, N ^a,b   Rosa R ^b   Pugliese, A ^c   Hudson, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematodes; Macroparasite dynamics; Sex biased parasitism; Transmission heterogeneities

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HATCHING; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; MOUSE STRAIN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURINAE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; MUS; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 33846856422     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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