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TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 109-118Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.11.007
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- Academy of Finland [263864, 292736, 310632, 296686]
- European Research Council [RESISTANCE 724508]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [292736, 310632, 292736, 310632] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Coinfections by multiple parasites predominate in the wild. Interactions between parasites can be antagonistic, neutral, or facilitative, and they can have significant implications for epidemiology, disease dynamics, and evolution of virulence. Coinfections commonly result from sequential exposure of hosts to different parasites. We argue that the sequential nature of coinfections is important for the consequences of infection in both natural and man-made environments. Coinfections accumulate during host lifespan, determining the structure of the parasite infracommunity. Interactions within the parasite community and their joint effect on the host individual potentially shape evolution of parasite life-history traits and transmission biology. Overall, sequential coinfections have the potential to change evolutionary and epidemiological outcomes of host-parasite interactions widely across plant and animal systems.
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