Converging seasonal prevalence dynamics in experimental epidemics

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lass, Sandra ^a,b,c   Hottinger, Jürgen W ^a,b   Fabbro, Thomas ^a,b,d   Ebert, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna microparasite; Hamiltosporidium tv rminnensis; Microsporidium; Octosporea bayeri; Population density

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METAPOPULATION; PARASITE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; TESTING METHOD;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; OCTOSPOREA BAYERI;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DAPHNIA; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSPORIDIA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DAPHNIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDEMICS; FINLAND; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 79955964553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-14     Document Type: Article

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