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On the diverse and opposing effects of nutrition on pathogen virulence
10 Jul 2019
Abstract excerpt
Climate change and anthropogenic activity are currently driving large changes in nutritional availability across ecosystems, with consequences for infectious disease. An increase in host nutrition could lead to more resources for hosts to expend on the immune system or for pathogens to exploit. In this paper, we report a meta-analysis of studies on host-pathogen systems across the tree of life, to examine the...
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