Helminth species richness in wild wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus, is enhanced by the presence of the intestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 793-804

  Behnke, J M ^a   Eira, C ^b,f   Rogan, M ^c   Gilbert, F S ^a   Torres, J ^d   Miquel, J ^d   Lewis, J W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Associations of helminths; Co occurrence of helminths; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Helminth species richness; Helminths; Interactions between helminths

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HELMINTH; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MURINAE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLE INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; MUS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MURINAE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651159024     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006039     Document Type: Article

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