Parasite co-infection and interaction as drivers of host heterogeneity

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 371-380

  Cattadori, I M ^a,b   Boag, B ^a   Hudson, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age intensity relationship; Co infection; Frequency distribution; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Immunity; Myxoma poxvirus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; HOST PREFERENCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONALITY; VIRUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAPHIDIUM STRIGOSUM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MYXOMA VIRUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RABBIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY INFECTION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; RABBITS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

GRAPHIDIUM STRIGOSUM; MYXOMA VIRUS; NEMATODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POXVIRIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS;

EID: 38949176389     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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