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Examination of the Steinernema feltiae (Site 76 strain) infection interaction with the Galleria mellonella host, using an infection model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. A. Bohan  and
W. M. Hominick
D. A. Bohan
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Silwood Park, Sunninghill, Berks. SL5 7PY, UK
W. M. Hominick
Affiliation:
CAB International Institute of Parasitology, 395A Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts. AL4 OXU, UK
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Summary

Using a simple infection model the infection interaction of Steinernema feltiae (Site 76 strain) Filipjev and Galleria mellonella L. was investigated under laboratory conditions. The model analyses showed that the infection interaction was consistent with a proportion of the S. feltiae infective stages being infectious and, alone amongst the infective-stage population, being capable of infection. The investigation also showed that the infection behaviour of the infectious stages could be reduced to a slightly overdispersed probability of transmission. The importance of these findings with respect to the quantitative description and explanation of infection are discussed.

Keywords

Steinernema feltiaeinfection modelransmission
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 111 , Issue 5 , December 1995 , pp. 617 - 625
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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