Population biology of Schistosoma mating, aggregation, and transmission breakpoints: More reliable model analysis for the end-game in communities at risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Gurarie, David ^a,b   King, Charles H ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATING; MEAN WORM BURDEN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA; STRATIFIED WORM BURDEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSMISSION;

SCHISTOSOMA;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84920173217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115875     Document Type: Article

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