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EFFECTS OF CONCURRENT INFECTIONS ON HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA (CESTODA) AND MONILIFORMIS DUBIUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA). I. GENERAL EFFECTS AND COMPARISON WITH CROWDING*

EFFECTS OF CONCURRENT INFECTIONS ON HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA (CESTODA) AND MONILIFORMIS DUBIUS... J. Parasitol., 88(3), 2002, pp. 434–439 q American Society of Parasitologists 2002 EFFECTS OF CONCURRENT INFECTIONS ON HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA (CESTODA) AND MONILIFORMIS DUBIUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA). I. GENERAL EFFECTS AND COMPARISON WITH CROWDING* John C. Holmes** Department of Biology, The Rice Institute, Houston, Texas that this stretching could be duplicated repeatedly with an approximate The ecology of intestinal helminths has been extensively error of only 5 percent.) The location of the attachment point of each studied in the past few years, but one aspect of their ecology, worm was then marked with a pin and the worms removed to individual the influence of other parasites, has received scant attention. containers of 0.8 percent NaCl. The length of the stretched intestine Such attention as has been paid to this influence has generally and the distance between the attachment point of each worm and the pylorus were then measured. The worms were lightly pressed between been directed to cross-immune responses of the host. The pos- two sheets of filter paper to remove excess moisture and weighed on a sibility of interspecific competition between parasites, which torsion balance. The entire operation was completed within 15 to 30 might be important as a factor in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Parasitology Allen Press

EFFECTS OF CONCURRENT INFECTIONS ON HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA (CESTODA) AND MONILIFORMIS DUBIUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA). I. GENERAL EFFECTS AND COMPARISON WITH CROWDING*

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J. Parasitol., 88(3), 2002, pp. 434–439 q American Society of Parasitologists 2002 EFFECTS OF CONCURRENT INFECTIONS ON HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA (CESTODA) AND MONILIFORMIS DUBIUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA). I. GENERAL EFFECTS AND COMPARISON WITH CROWDING* John C. Holmes** Department of Biology, The Rice Institute, Houston, Texas that this stretching could be duplicated repeatedly with an approximate The ecology of intestinal helminths has been extensively error of only 5 percent.) The location of the attachment point of each studied in the past few years, but one aspect of their ecology, worm was then marked with a pin and the worms removed to individual the influence of other parasites, has received scant attention. containers of 0.8 percent NaCl. The length of the stretched intestine Such attention as has been paid to this influence has generally and the distance between the attachment point of each worm and the pylorus were then measured. The worms were lightly pressed between been directed to cross-immune responses of the host. The pos- two sheets of filter paper to remove excess moisture and weighed on a sibility of interspecific competition between parasites, which torsion balance. The entire operation was completed within 15 to 30 might be important as a factor in

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