Disease spread, susceptibility and infection intensity: vicious circles?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Beldomenico, Pablo M ^a   Begon, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE;

AMPHIBIA; HEXAPODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 72149134927     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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