Different transmission strategies of a parasite in male and female hosts

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 582-588

  Fellous, S ^a,b,c   Koella, J C ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Ascogregarina culicis; Host sex; Infectious dose; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOST; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOSQUITO; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; VIRULENCE;

AEDES; AGE; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; OOCYSTS; SEX FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASCOGREGARINA CULICIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 60649085430     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01665.x     Document Type: Article

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