Infectious dose affects the outcome of the within-host competition between parasites

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Fellous, Simon ^a,b,c   Koella, Jacob C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Coinfection; Competition; Epidemiology; Infectious dose

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PROTOZOAN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASCOGREGARINA; ASCOGREGARINA CULICIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; PROTOZOA; VAVRAIA; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MICROSPORIDIA; OOCYSTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 67650218485     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598490     Document Type: Article

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