Pesticide exposure strongly enhances parasite virulence in an invertebrate host model

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1840-1846

  Coors, Anja ^a,b   Decaestecker, Ellen ^a   Jansen, Mieke ^a   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; CRUSTACEAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; FLABELLIFORMA MAGNIVORA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 54349126735     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17028.x     Document Type: Article

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