Applying predator-prey theory to modelling immune-mediated, within-host interspecific parasite interactions

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1027-1038

  Fenton, Andy ^a   Perkins, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community stability; Functional response; Immune response; Lotka Volterra; Parasite co infection; Parasite communities; Predator prey models

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953618938     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991788     Document Type: Article

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