Generating super-shedders: Co-infection increases bacterial load and egg production of a gastrointestinal helminth

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 80, 2013, Pages

  Lass, Sandra ^a,c   Hudson, Peter J ^a   Thakar, Juilee ^a   Saric, Jasmina ^d   Harvill, Eric ^a   Albert, Réka ^a   Perkins, Sarah E ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence imaging; Co infection; Immune mediated interactions; In vivo disease dynamics; Super shedders

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DISEASE CONTROL;

BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; CO-INFECTIONS; DISEASE DYNAMICS; MEDIATED INTERACTION; SUPER-SHEDDERS;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HELMINTHIASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE SHEDDING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84873627852     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0588     Document Type: Article

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