Female-biased infection and transmission of the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris arvicolae infecting the common vole, Microtus arvalis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1397-1402

  Sanchez, Andreas ^a   Devevey, Godefroy ^a,b   Bize, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Host gender; Microtus arvalis; Nematode; Parasite biased infection; Parasite biased transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

GENDER; HOST; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOST; HUMAN; MALE; MICROTUS ARVALIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS ARVICOLAE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; TRICHURIS ARVICOLAE;

EID: 82355190095     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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