Author:
Carter N. P.,Anderson R. M.,Wilson R. A.
Abstract
SUMMARYThe relationship between infection success, the density of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia and the density of the snail host Biomphalaria glabrata was examined experimentally. Within laboratory infection arenas, the distribution of miracidial infections/snail was approximately uniform and the net rate of snail infection was directly positive binomial to miracidial density. In contrast, however, the rate of infection declined exponentially as snail density increased. Mathematical models are developed to aid in the estimation of infection rates and experimental results are discussed in the context of the transmission dynamics of schistosomiasis.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Animal Science and Zoology,Parasitology
Cited by
17 articles.
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