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Coevolution of hosts and parasites
Parasitology, 1982 The coevolution of parasites and their hosts has both general biological interest and practical implications in agricultural, veterinary and medical fields. Surprisingly, most medical, parasitological and ecological texts dismiss the subject with unsupported statements to the effect that ‘successful’ parasite species evolve to be harmless to their ...
Robert M. May, Roy M. Anderson
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Host-parasite and parasite-host catalogue of South American Tachinidae (Diptera) )
Arquivos de Zoologia, 1977 José Henrique Guimarães
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Dendritic cell-mediated vaccination relies on interleukin-4 receptor signaling to avoid tissue damage after Leishmania major infection of BALB/c mice. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 Prevention of tissue damages at the site of Leishmania major inoculation can be achieved if the BALB/c mice are systemically given L. major antigen (LmAg)-loaded bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DC) that had been exposed to CpG-containing ...
Anita Masic +4 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 Background/objectivesHuman leishmaniases are parasitic diseases causing severe morbidity and mortality. No vaccine is available and numerous factors limit the use of current therapies.
Nathalie Aulner +10 more
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Role of the Parasite and Host Cytoskeleton in Apicomplexa Parasitism [PDF]
Cell Host & Microbe, 2009 The phylum Apicomplexa includes a large and diverse group of obligate intracellular parasites that rely on actomyosin-based motility to migrate, enter host cells, and egress from infected cells. To ensure their intracellular survival and replication, the apicomplexans have evolved sophisticated strategies for subversion of the host cytoskeleton.
Frenal, Karine, Soldati-Favre, Dominique
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Malaria Journal, 2010 Background Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax is a major public health problem worldwide that affects 70-80 million people in the Middle East, Asia, Western Pacific, South America and the Caribbean.
Villarreal-Gonzalez Silvana +6 more
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Co-evolution of replicators and their parasites [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 The problem of evolutionary complexification of life is considered one of the fundamental aspects in contemporary evolutionary theory. Parasitism is ubiquitous, inevitable, and arises as soon as the first replicators appear, even during the prebiotic stages of evolution.
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Mathematical model of mating probability and fertilized egg production in helminth parasites [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In the modeling of parasite transmission dynamics, understanding the reproductive characteristics of these parasites is crucial. This paper presents a mathematical model that explores the reproductive behavior of dioecious parasites and its impact on transmission dynamics.
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Spatial Invasion of Cooperative Parasites [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In this paper we study invasion probabilities and invasion times of cooperative parasites spreading in spatially structured host populations. The spatial structure of the host population is given by a random geometric graph on $[0,1]^n$, $n\in \mathbb{N}$, with a Poisson($N$)-distributed number of vertices and in which vertices are connected over an ...
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Parasitism is always costly to the host
Zoological Research, 2021 Recent studies have examined the cost of raising parasitic cuckoos and highlighted the importance of "no extra cost" in explaining the low levels of defense in hosts. To clarify the reasons for parasitization in typical hosts, we present a simple model to explore the immediate and future costs of parasitism in shaping the evolution of defense behavior ...
Wei Liang, Nan Lyu
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