The effect of infection history on the fitness of the gastrointestinal nematode Strongyloides ratti

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 567-577

  Bleay, C ^a   Wilkes, C P ^a   Paterson, S ^b   Viney, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Immuno ecology; Immuno epidemiology; Parasite interactions

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAST CELL PROTEASE II; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECONDARY INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDES VENEZUELENSIS; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; WISTAR RAT;

NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; RATTUS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDES VENEZUELENSIS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 66149132703     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005617     Document Type: Article

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