Strong density-dependent competition and acquired immunity constrain parasite establishment: Implications for parasite aggregation

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 505-511

  Luong, Lien T ^a   Vigliotti, Beth A ^a   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Challenge infection; Complex life cycle; Density dependence; Peromyscus; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANNELID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PREVALENCE; PTERYGODERMATITES PEROMYSCI;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRYLLIDAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PTERYGODERMATITES;

EID: 79952708558     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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