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Parasite Load Dynamics

Parasite Load Dynamics is a theoretical construct in parasitology that characterizes the temporal and spatial patterns of parasitic burden within host populations, distinguished by its focus on the fluctuation, accumulation, and clearance of arthropod parasites in relation to host immunity, environmental factors, and ecological interactions.

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Experimental variation in polyandry affects parasite loads and fitness in a bumble-bee

Boris Baer, Paul Schmid‐Hempel · Nature · 1999 · 464 citations

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Personality, space use and tick load in an introduced population of Siberian chipmunks <i>Tamias sibiricus</i>

Nelly Boyer, Denis Réale, Julie Marmet et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2010 · 265 citations

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Regulation of Leishmania populations within the host. I. the variable course of Leishmania donovani infections in mice.

David J. Bradley, Janet E. Kirkley · PubMed · 1977 · 264 citations

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Bioluminescence imaging of chronic <scp> <i>T</i> </scp> <i>rypanosoma cruzi</i> infections reveals tissue‐specific parasite dynamics and heart disease in the absence of locally persistent infection

Michael D. Lewis, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Martin C. Taylor et al. · Cellular Microbiology · 2014 · 237 citations · Full text

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Reproductive Effort Influences the Prevalence of Haematozoan Parasites in Great Tits

Ken Norris, Muhammad Sabieh Anwar, Andrew F. Read · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1994 · 235 citations

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    Robert Poulin

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    13 publications · 875 citations

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    Ramón C. Soriguer

    Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain

    8 publications · 245 citations

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  3. AP
    Anders Pape Møller

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    7 publications · 714 citations

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  4. LM
    Luis Miguel Ortega‐Mora

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    6 publications · 333 citations

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  5. SS
    Simone Sommer

    Universität Ulm, Germany

    6 publications · 498 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    71 publications

    3.8K citations

  2. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    1K citations

  5. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Estación Biológica de Doñana

    Seville, Spain

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    999 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Parasitology

    51 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    25 publications · 895 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    19 publications · 675 citations

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  5. Environmental Entomology

    24 publications · 701 citations

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