The allometry of host-pathogen interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Cable, Jessica M ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^b   Moses, Melanie E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BODY SIZE; DEATH; GEOMETRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PRION DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 42649110689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001130     Document Type: Article

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