Intraspecific competition between co-infecting parasite strains enhances host survival in African trypanosomes

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3367-3378

  Balmer, Oliver ^a,b,c   Stearns, Stephen Curtis ^a   Schötzau, Andreas ^d   Brun, Reto ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Statistical Consulting   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Host parasite interaction; Immune mediated apparent competition; Interference competition; Intraspecific interaction; Intraspecific variation; Pathogen; Population dynamics; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALLELOPATHY; BIOENGINEERING; CONSPECIFIC; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOMIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VIRULENCE;

AFRICA;

MUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 72949110233     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2291.1     Document Type: Article

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