ReviewTrends in parasitology2015
The context of host competence: a role for plasticity in host-parasite dynamics.
Review in Trends in parasitology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Host-pathogen interactions under pressure: A review and meta-analysis of stress-mediated effects on disease dynamics.Ecology letters · 2023Pooled it
- Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defence.The Journal of animal ecology · 2020Pooled it
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- Competent Non-Native Alternative Host Reduces Infection Success in a Generalist Parasite.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Infected host competence overshadows heterogeneity in susceptibility in shaping experimental epizootics.Ecology · 2026Article
- Ecoepidemiological determinants of Borrelia infection in sigmodontine rodents from the Delta and Parana Islands ecoregion, Argentina.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Social encapsulation of parasite eggs by honeybee colonies.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Host Prior Exposure Augments Gene Expression Heterogeneity of Both Host and Pathogen During In Vivo Infection.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Host Community Traits Driving Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Maintenance in Iberian Ecosystems.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- A Collaborative Multiple Stressor Approach for Identifying Spatial Heterogeneities in Wildlife Health and Conservation Priorities.Integrative and comparative biology · 2025Article
- Infected host competence overshadows heterogeneity in susceptibility in shaping experimental epizootics.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Host prior exposure augments heterogeneity in gene expression in both host and pathogen duringbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Variability in infection dynamics emerges from the interplay between unique host and pathogen characteristics.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Detection ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Virome landscape of wild rodents and shrews in Central China.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Evidence of repeated zoonotic pathogen spillover events at ecological boundaries.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Host and parasite identity interact in scale-dependent fashion to determine parasite community structure.Oecologia · 2024Article
- Capybara density and climatic factors as modulators of Ehrlichia prevalence in questing ticks in the Iberá wetlands, Argentina.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Schistosoma transmission: scaling-up competence from hosts to ecosystems.Trends in parasitology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Even apparently similar hosts can respond differently to the same parasites. Some individuals or specific groups of individuals disproportionately affect disease dynamics. Understanding the sources of among-host heterogeneity in the ability to transmit parasites would improve disease management. A major source of host variation might be phenotypic plasticity - the tendency for phenotypes to change across different environments. Plasticity might be as important as, or even more important than, genetic change, especially in light of human modifications of the environment, because it can occur on a more rapid timescale than evolution. We argue that variation in phenotypic plasticity among and within species strongly contributes to epidemiological dynamics when parasites are shared among multiple hosts, which is often the case.
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