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ArticleISME communications2026

Host traits and environmental factors shape infection heterogeneity in wild rat-protozoa networks.

Matan Markfeld, Itamar Talpaz, Barry Biton, Toky Maheriniaina Randriamoria, Voahangy Soarimalala, Steven Michael Goodman, Charles L Nunn, Georgia Titcomb, Shai Pilosof

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Article in ISME communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Matan MarkfeldDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7792-0812
Itamar TalpazDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9292-4599
Barry BitonDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3718-8172
Toky Maheriniaina RandriamoriaAssociation Vahatra, Antananarivo, B.P. 3972, Madagascar.
Voahangy SoarimalalaAssociation Vahatra, Antananarivo, B.P. 3972, Madagascar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2455-2956
Steven Michael GoodmanAssociation Vahatra, Antananarivo, B.P. 3972, Madagascar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9318-0570
Charles L NunnDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-2873
Georgia TitcombDepartment of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-1125
Shai PilosofDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-5568

Funding

The Impact of Land Use Change on Transmission Potential Networks and Disease Spread in Rural MadagascarR01TW011493 · FIC · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI NUNN, CHARLES · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW011493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occurrence of microbes in animal hosts is highly heterogeneous, shaped by interactions among host traits, environmental context, and microbial diversity. Understanding this heterogeneity is particularly critical for endoparasite infections, where some hosts harbor diverse, high-burden assemblages that elevate disease spread and spillover risk. Yet the mechanisms underlying such heterogeneity remain poorly understood in wild systems, especially at the individual-host level. We addressed this challenge by studying protozoan infections in introduced black rats (

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Host–microbe networkInfection heterogeneityLand-use changeMachine LearningStochastic block modeling

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PMID41743643
PMCPMC12930476

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