Immunity, host physiology, and behaviour in infected vectors

Courtney C. Murdock; Shirley Luckhart; Lauren J. Cator

doi:10.1016/j.cois.2017.03.001

Immunity, host physiology, and behaviour in infected vectors

Courtney C. Murdock, Shirley Luckhart, Lauren J. Cator

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

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Abstract

When infection alters host behaviour such that the pathogen benefits, the behaviour is termed a manipulation. There are several examples of this fascinating phenomenon in many different systems. Vector-borne diseases are no exception. In some instances, as the term implies, pathogens directly interfere with host processes to control behaviour. However, host response to infection and host physiology are likely to play important roles in these phenotypes. We highlight the importance of considering host response and physiology from recent work on altered host-seeking in malaria parasite-infected mosquitoes and argue that this general approach will provide useful insights across vector-borne disease systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	28-33
Number of pages	6
Journal	Current Opinion in Insect Science
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.03.001
State	Published - Apr 1 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Insect Science

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Murdock, C. C., Luckhart, S., & Cator, L. J. (2017). Immunity, host physiology, and behaviour in infected vectors. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 20, 28-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.03.001

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