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Drug-resistant parasites and aggregated infection – early-season dynamics

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We investigate the effect of spatial aggregation in the infection dynamics of nematode parasites in ruminants. We show that a high degree of spatial aggregation is likely to lead to a dramatically enhanced rate of invasion by drug-resistant strains.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK. e-mail: cornell@zoo.cam.ac.uk, , , , , , GB

    Stephen J. Cornell

  2. Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK, , , , , , GB

    Valerie S. Isham

  3. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK, , , , , , GB

    Bryan T. Grenfell

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Received: 13 December 1999 / Revised version: 3 April 2000 / Published online: 4 October 2000

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Cornell, S., Isham, V. & Grenfell, B. Drug-resistant parasites and aggregated infection – early-season dynamics. J Math Biol 41, 341–360 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002850000051

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