Cargando…

Partitioning the Aggregation of Parasites on Hosts into Intrinsic and Extrinsic Components via an Extended Poisson-Gamma Mixture Model

It is well known that parasites are often highly aggregated on their hosts such that relatively few individuals host the large majority of parasites. When the parasites are vectors of infectious disease, a key consequence of this aggregation can be increased disease transmission rates. The cause of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Calabrese, Justin M., Brunner, Jesse L., Ostfeld, Richard S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22216216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029215