Parasite load
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'''Parasite load''' is a measure of the number and [[virulence]] of the [[parasite]]s that a host organism harbours. [[Quantitative parasitology]] deals with measures to quantify parasite loads in samples of hosts and to make statistical comparisons of parasitism across host samples.
In [[evolutionary biology]], parasite load has important implications for [[sexual selection]] and the [[evolution of sex]].
== External links ==
* [http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/Courses/ZOO4926/2007Spring/Bolker/notes/sexsel.html notes on parasite-driven sexual selection from a parasite ecology/evolution course]
[[Category:parasitology]]
[[Category:Parasitism]]
[[Category:evolutionary biology]]
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