One major concern related to climate change is that elevated temperatures will drive
increases in parasite outbreaks. Increasing temperature is known to alter host traits and host …

Pseudokabatana alburnus is a xenoma-forming fish microsporidium, firstly described from
the liver of the Culter alburnus from Poyang Lake in China. In the present study, P. alburnus …

The Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, is an important farmed crustacean species in
China, outranking other farmed crabs in yield and economic importance. An infection called …

Host–parasite coevolution is a major diversifying force. However, while the genetic
determinants of host–parasite coevolution have received substantial attention, it remains …

The healthy herds hypothesis proposes that predators can reduce parasite prevalence and
thereby increase the density of their prey. However, evidence for such predator‐driven …

Animals ranging from mosquitoes to humans often vary their feeding behavior when infected
or merely exposed to pathogens. These so‐called “sickness behaviors” are part of the innate …

The impacts of microsporidia on host individuals are frequently subtle and can be context
dependent. A key example of the latter comes from a recently discovered microsporidian …

Microsporidia of the genus Ovipleistophora are generally parasites of fishes and aquatic
crustaceans. In the current study, Ovipleistophora diplostomuri and O. ovariae were firstly …

Host immune traits arise from both genetic and environmental sources of variation. When
immune traits have a strong genetic basis, the presence and severity of disease in a …

Most parasite species infect multiple host species, and reciprocally, most hosts are infected
by multiple parasites. This leads to complex webs of interactions that influence disease …