Inferring infection processes of a parasitic nematode using population genetics.

doi:10.1017/s0031182099005417

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Inferring infection processes of a parasitic nematode using population genetics.

Parasitology - 1 Feb 2000

Paterson S, Fisher M C, Viney M E

Abstract excerpt

The distribution of genetic differentiation in a population of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti divided between rat hosts was determined. We applied population genetic theory to these data to determine the source of new infections. We estimate the rate at which a rat acquires a new infection from (a) the existing subpopulation of parasites within that rat ('self-reinfection') versus (b) the wider...

Topics

Animals
Binomial Distribution
Computer Simulation
Feces
Female
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Host-Parasite Interactions
Male
Markov Chains
Models, Genetic
Poisson Distribution
Rabbits
Rats
Rodent Diseases
Strongyloides ratti
Strongyloidiasis

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PMID: 10726279
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182099005417

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