Add to ORKGParasitism represents a “win-lose” situation in which one organism benefi ts from the relationship while the other member is harmed by it (Faust and Raes 2012). Actually, parasites could lead from undetectable or minor effects to debilitating or fatal diseases. In addition, it has been demonstrated that interaction with parasites could lead to dramatical modifi cation of the host’s phenotype (Goodman and Johnson 2011). A broad vision of parasites will include in this group both prokaryote and eukaryote organisms but in this chapter the term “parasite” refers to protozoan and metazoan organisms able to provoke disease in vertebrates. Parasites have evolved to exploit the host’s resources in a way that maximizes the likelihood of their contin...
Hosts counteract infections using two distinct defence strategies, resistance (reduction in pathogen...
Host-parasite interactions are characterized by trade-offs that involve both plastic and microevolut...
The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it d...
Human parasitic diseases cause hundreds of thousands of deaths per year, in addition to the signific...
Vector-borne parasites cause major human diseases of the developing world, including malaria, human ...
During millions of years, parasites have been adapting to different environments and hosts. During t...
Parasitic infections are incredibly varied and distinct in terms of interactions between hosts and p...
This paper outlines some of the main features of parasites immunoevasion/depression strategies.Insec...
In recent years there has been growing interest in applying frameworks from evolutionary ecology to ...
Virulence is generally considered to benefit parasites by enhancing resource-transfer from host to p...
The large majority of biotic interactions stem from the concept of the parasite-host relationship. T...
Eukaryotic parasites (including parasitic protozoans, worms and arthropods) are more complex and het...
The study of parasites and their hosts has typically focused on the physiological, morphological, an...
AbstractThe living world has evolved and is evolving through interspecific relationships between org...
The effective defense against parasite infections requires the ability to mount an appropriate and c...
Hosts counteract infections using two distinct defence strategies, resistance (reduction in pathogen...
Host-parasite interactions are characterized by trade-offs that involve both plastic and microevolut...
The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it d...
Human parasitic diseases cause hundreds of thousands of deaths per year, in addition to the signific...
Vector-borne parasites cause major human diseases of the developing world, including malaria, human ...
During millions of years, parasites have been adapting to different environments and hosts. During t...
Parasitic infections are incredibly varied and distinct in terms of interactions between hosts and p...
This paper outlines some of the main features of parasites immunoevasion/depression strategies.Insec...
In recent years there has been growing interest in applying frameworks from evolutionary ecology to ...
Virulence is generally considered to benefit parasites by enhancing resource-transfer from host to p...
The large majority of biotic interactions stem from the concept of the parasite-host relationship. T...
Eukaryotic parasites (including parasitic protozoans, worms and arthropods) are more complex and het...
The study of parasites and their hosts has typically focused on the physiological, morphological, an...
AbstractThe living world has evolved and is evolving through interspecific relationships between org...
The effective defense against parasite infections requires the ability to mount an appropriate and c...
Hosts counteract infections using two distinct defence strategies, resistance (reduction in pathogen...
Host-parasite interactions are characterized by trade-offs that involve both plastic and microevolut...
The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it d...