Experimental evolution of parasite life-history traits in Strongyloides ratti (Nematoda)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1617, 2007, Pages 1467-1474

  Paterson, Steve ^a   Barber, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Epidemiology; Health; Helminth; Infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEMATODE; PARASITE; RODENT; SELECTION; SURVIVORSHIP; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HELMINTH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEMATODE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; TH2 CELL;

NEMATODA; RATTUS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; VERMES;

EID: 34447305152     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0433     Document Type: Article

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