Indirect effects of parasitism: costs of infection to other individuals can be greater than direct costs borne by the host

Parasitic infection has a direct physiological cost to hosts but may also alter how hosts interact with other individuals in their environment. Such indirect effects may alter both host fitness and the fitness of other individuals in the host's social network, yet the relative impact of direct...

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Published in:Proc Biol Sci
Main Authors: Granroth-Wilding, Hanna M. V., Burthe, Sarah J., Lewis, Sue, Herborn, Katherine A., Takahashi, Emi A., Daunt, Francis, Cunningham, Emma J. A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528545/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26156765
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0602
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