Mutualist-Provisioned Resources Impact Vector Competency

Parasites elicit several physiological changes in their host to enhance transmission. Little is known about the functional association between parasitism and microbiota-provisioned resources typically dedicated to animal hosts and how these goods may be rerouted to optimize parasite development. Thi...

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Main Authors: Rita V. M. Rio, Anna K. S. Jozwick, Amy F. Savage, Afsoon Sabet, Aurelien Vigneron, Yineng Wu, Serap Aksoy, Brian L. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-06-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00018-19