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Definitive Host Dynamics

Definitive Host Dynamics is a theoretical framework in parasitology that specifies the temporal and spatial interactions governing parasite reproduction and transmission within the host species in which the parasite reaches sexual maturity.

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2017–2026

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MODIFICATION OF HOSTS' BEHAVIOR BY A PARASITE: FIELD EVIDENCE FOR ADAPTIVE MANIPULATION

Clément Lagrue, Nicolas Kaldonski, Marie J. Perrot-Minnot et al. · Ecology · 2007 · 144 citations

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Intermediate hosts as source communities

Albert O. Bush, Richard W. Heard, Robin M. Overstreet · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1993 · 74 citations

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Time course of coproantigen excretion in Echinococcus multilocularis infections in foxes and an alternative definitive host, golden hamsters

Nariaki Nonaka, Masaya Iida, K. Yagi et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 1996 · 69 citations

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Evolution in a multi-host parasite: Chronobiological circadian rhythm and population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae indicates contrasting definitive host reservoirs by habitat

Da‐Bing Lu, Tianping Wang, James W. Rudge et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2009 · 62 citations

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Intermediate and transport hosts in the natural history of Toxoplasma gondii

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1973 · 49 citations

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Authors

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  1. WL
    Wesley L. Shoop

    Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States), United States

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  2. KC
    Kenneth C. Corkum

    Louisiana State University, United States

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  3. JP
    Joanne P. Webster

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  4. DL
    Da‐Bing Lu

    Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  5. PC
    Pietro Calderini

    Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Italy

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases

    Wuxi, China

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    235 citations

  2. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

    Allschwil, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    197 citations

  3. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  4. National University of Mar del Plata

    Mar del Plata, Argentina

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  5. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  7. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari

    Monserrato, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Košice, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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  1. Journal of Parasitology

    7 publications · 129 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 6 publications · 94 citations

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  3. International Journal for Parasitology

    3 publications · 145 citations

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  4. Parasites & Vectors

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    2 publications · 95 citations

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