Seasonality, cohort-dependence and the development of immunity in a natural host-nematode system

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1634, 2008, Pages 511-518

  Cornell, Stephen J ^a   Bjornstad, Ottar N ^b   Cattadori, Isabella M ^b,c   Boag, Brian ^c   Hudson, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Mathematical modelling; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Parasite; Seasonality; Trichostrongylus retortaeformis

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LAGOMORPH; MATERNAL EFFECT; NEMATODE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONALITY; WILD POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; HELMINTH; HERBIVORE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; VERMES;

EID: 38549142569     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1415     Document Type: Article

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