Within-host dynamics of Trichinella spiralis predict persistent parasite transmission in rat populations

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1317-1324

  Takumi, Katsuhisa ^a   Franssen, Frits ^a   Fonville, Manoj ^a   Grasset, Aurélie ^b   Vallée, Isabelle ^b   Boireau, Pascal ^b   Teunis, Peter ^a,c   van der Giessen, Joke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Mathematical model; Rodents; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOGRAM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; RAT; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TRICHINOSIS; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 77954758315     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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