Sex-biased parasitism in vector-borne disease: Vector preference?
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1 Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06512, USA 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA 3Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 4 Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Soocho...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216360