Poor condition and infection: A vicious circle in natural populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1644, 2008, Pages 1753-1759

  Beldomenico, Pablo M ^a,b,c   Telfer, Sandra ^a   Gebert, Stephanie ^a   Lukomski, Lukasz ^a   Bennett, Malcolm ^a   Begon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; Host parasite interaction; Population dynamics; Wildlife health

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HEMATOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOCYTE; MONOCYTOSIS; NATURAL POPULATION; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VOLE;

MICROTUS AGRESTIS;

EID: 45249083625     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0147     Document Type: Article

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