ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016
Host immunity shapes the impact of climate changes on the dynamics of parasite infections.
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- Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions.Nature communications · 2021Article
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- Within-host mechanisms of immune regulation explain the contrasting dynamics of two helminth species in both single and dual infections.PLoS computational biology · 2020Article
- How climate change affects parasites: the case of trematode parasiteJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2020Article
- Changes in parasite traits, rather than intensity, affect the dynamics of infection under external perturbation.PLoS computational biology · 2018Article
- Physical Cues Controlling Seasonal Immune Allocation in a Natural Piscine Model.Frontiers in immunology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Global climate change is predicted to alter the distribution and dynamics of soil-transmitted helminth infections, and yet host immunity can also influence the impact of warming on host-parasite interactions and mitigate the long-term effects. We used time-series data from two helminth species of a natural herbivore and investigated the contribution of climate change and immunity on the long-term and seasonal dynamics of infection. We provide evidence that climate warming increases the availability of infective stages of both helminth species and the proportional increase in the intensity of infection for the helminth not regulated by immunity. In contrast, there is no significant long-term positive trend in the intensity for the immune-controlled helminth, as immunity reduces the net outcome of climate on parasite dynamics. Even so, hosts experienced higher infections of this helminth at an earlier age during critical months in the warmer years. Immunity can alleviate the expected long-term effect of climate on parasite infections but can also shift the seasonal peak of infection toward the younger individuals.
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