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Extreme competence: keystone hosts of infections
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posted on 2023-05-20, 03:31 authored by Martin, LB, Addison, B, Bean, AGD, Buchanan, KL, Crino, OL, Eastwood, JR, Andrew FliesAndrew Flies, Rodrigo Hamede RossRodrigo Hamede Ross, Hill, GE, Klaassen, M, Koch, RE, Martens, JM, Napolitano, C, Narayan, EJ, Peacock, L, Peel, AJ, Peters, A, Raven, N, Risely, A, Roast, MJ, Rollins, LA, Ruiz Aravena, M, Selechnik, D, Stokes, HS, Ujvari, B, Grogan, LFIndividual hosts differ extensively in their competence for parasites, but traditional research has discounted this variation, partly because modeling such heterogeneity is difficult. This discounting has diminished as tools have improved and recognition has grown that some hosts, the extremely competent, can have exceptional impacts on disease dynamics. Most prominent among these hosts are the superspreaders, but other forms of extreme competence (EC) exist and others await discovery; each with potentially strong but distinct implications for disease emergence and spread. Here, we propose a framework for the study and discovery of EC, suitable for different host-parasite systems, which we hope enhances our understanding of how parasites circulate and evolve in host communities.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Trends in Ecology and EvolutionVolume
34Issue
4Pagination
303-314ISSN
0169-5347Department/School
Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchPublisher
Elsevier Science LondonPlace of publication
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