Spatial and seasonal factors are key determinants in the aggregation of helminths in their definitive hosts: Pseudamphistomum truncatum in otters (Lutra lutra)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-83

  Sherrard Smith, E ^a   Perkins, S E ^a   Chadwick, E A ^a   Cable, J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Opisthorchiidae; Parasite aggregation; Parasite transmission; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; HOST; PARASITE; SEASONALITY;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OTTER; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PSEUDAMPHISTOMUM TRUNCATUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; OPISTHORCHIIDA; OPISTHORCHIIDAE; VERMES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; OTTERS; PARASITE LOAD; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84920719036     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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