The reliability of observational approaches for detecting interspecific parasite interactions: Comparison with experimental results

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 437-445

  Fenton, Andy ^a   Knowles, Sarah C L ^b   Petchey, Owen L ^c   Pedersen, Amy B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Cross sectional and longitudinal analyses; Experimental perturbation; Field study; Helminths; Polyparasitism; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL;

ADULT; APODEMUS; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EIMERIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PEROMYSCUS; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIXED INFECTION; MURINAE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RODENT DISEASE; STANDARDS; VETERINARY;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; COINFECTION; MURINAE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PEROMYSCUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 84902203993     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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