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Anna Giermek

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Borrelia afzeliialters reproductive success in a rodent host

2018

The impact of a pathogen on the fitness and behaviour of its natural host depends upon the host–parasite relationship in a given set of environmental conditions. Here, we experimentally investigated the effects ofBorrelia afzelii,one of the aetiological agents of Lyme disease in humans, on the fitness of its natural rodent host, the bank vole (Myodes glareolus), in semi-natural conditions with two contrasting host population densities. Our results show thatB. afzeliican modify the reproductive success and spacing behaviour of its rodent host, whereas host survival was not affected. Infection impaired the breeding probability of large bank voles. Reproduction was hastened in infected females…

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineRodentmetsämyyräOffspringHost–pathogen interactionZoologyzoonoosithost-pathogen interactionBorrelia afzeliimedicine.disease_cause010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciencesbiology.animalMyodes glareolusisäntäeläimetnatural hostmedicineMatingGeneral Environmental ScienceEcologyGeneral Immunology and MicrobiologybiologyReproductive successHost (biology)General Medicinezoonosislisääntyminenbiology.organism_classificationfitnessBorrelia-bakteeritBank vole030104 developmental biologyBorrelia afzeliita1181host–pathogen interactionGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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2018

Supplementary material from "Borrelia afzelii alters reproductive success in a rodent host". Detailed material and methods, supplementary tables, figures and results.

parasitic diseasesbacterial infections and mycoses
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2018

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