Virulence is context-dependent in a vertically transmitted aquatic host-microparasite system

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1665-1673

  Ryan, Julie A ^a   Kohler, Steven L ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Context dependence; Dictyocoela; Fitness; Gammarus; Infection intensity; Microsporidia; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMMARUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MICROPARASITE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; DICTYOCOELA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PSEUDOLIMNAEUS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM;

EID: 78149499347     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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