Drug-resistant parasites and aggregated infection - early-season dynamics

Authors
Cornell, SJ Isham, VS Grenfell, BT
Citation
Sj. Cornell et al., Drug-resistant parasites and aggregated infection - early-season dynamics, J MATH BIOL, 41(4), 2000, pp. 341-360
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
03036812 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
341 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-6812(200010)41:4<341:DPAAI->2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We investigate the effect of spatial aggregation in the infection dynamics of nematode parasites in ruminants. We show that a high degree of spatial a ggregation is likely to lead to a dramatically enhanced rate of invasion by drug-resistant strains.