Predation can increase the prevalence of infectious disease

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 690-699

  Holt, Robert D ^a   Roy, Manojit ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Host pathogen; Immunity; Predator prey; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CHAIN; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34247546636     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513188     Document Type: Article

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