A quantitative test of the relationship between parasite dose and infection probability across different host-parasite combinations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1636, 2008, Pages 853-859

  Ben Ami, Frida ^a   Regoes, Roland R ^b   Ebert, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Dose response curve; Frailty model; Mass action infection; Pasteuria ramosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENDOPARASITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLEA; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE INTENSITY;

ARTICLE; CLONE; DAPHNIA; ENDOPARASITE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

EID: 39149118887     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1544     Document Type: Article

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