The epidemiology underlying age-related avian malaria infection in a long-lived host: the mute swan Cygnus olor

Quantifying the factors that predict parasite outbreak and persistence is a major challenge for both applied and fundamental biology. Key to understanding parasite prevalence and disease outbreaks is determining at what age individuals show signs of infection, and whether or not they recover. Age-de...

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Main Authors: Wood, M, Childs, D, Davies, A, Hellgren, O, Cornwallis, C, Perrins, C, Sheldon, B
Format: Journal article
Published: 2013