Cost of co-infection controlled by infectious dose combinations and food availability

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 935-940

  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 INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Co infection; Ecology; Epidemiology; Infectious dose; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; PUPATION; VIRULENCE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSPORIDIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; PUPA; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE; WING;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASCOGREGARINA CULICIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

EID: 77949773082     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1535-2     Document Type: Article

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