Hosts manipulated by one parasite incur additional costs from infection by another parasite.

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Hosts manipulated by one parasite incur additional costs from infection by another parasite.

The Journal of parasitology - 1 Oct 1998

Poulin R, Hecker K, Thomas F

Abstract excerpt

Manipulation of host phenotype by parasites often serves to increase the predation rate of definitive hosts on intermediate hosts. For intermediate hosts, the indirect consequences of manipulation may extend beyond the direct increase in predation, however. Metacercariae of the trematode Curtuter...

Topics

Animals
Host-Parasite Interactions
Mollusca
Phenotype
Trematoda

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