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Conflict between co-occurring parasites as a confounding factor in manipulation studies?

Thierry RigaudEleanor R. Haine

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GeneticsBehavioral NeuroscienceCo occurringHost (biology)Transmission (medicine)ConfoundingIntermediate hostAnimal Science and ZoologyGeneral MedicineBiologyAdaptationCumulative effectMultiple infections

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In their review, Thomas et al. (2005) highlight that, in cases where multiple infections occur in the same intermediate host individual, parasitic manipulation may be the result of not just a single parasite, but may be the cumulative effect of infection by two or more manipulating parasites. Such parasites may be in conflict when they share the same intermediate host but have different final hosts: they may manipulate the host in different ways in order to effect their different transmission p T c r s t s

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2005-03-01Behavioural Processes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2004.09.005