| Abstract: | Parasitism is the most popular life-style on Earth, and many vertebrates host more than one kind of parasite at a time. A common assumption is that parasite species rarely interact, because they often exploit different tissues in a host, and this use of discrete resources limits competition (1). On page 243 of this issue, however, Telfer et al. (2) provide a convincing case of a highly interactive parasite community in voles, and show how infection with one parasite can affect susceptibility to others. If some human parasites are equally interactive, our current, disease-by-disease approach to modeling and treating infectious diseases is inadequate (3). |
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| ProdID: | 70003306 |
| Citation Author: | Lafferty, Kevin D. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Western Ecological Research Center |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Science |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 2 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Interacting parasites; 2010; Article; Journal; Science; Lafferty, Kevin D. |
| Citation Start Page: | 187 |
| Citation Volume: | 330 |
| Citation Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Interacting parasites; 2010; Article; Journal; Science; Lafferty, Kevin D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/labs/kuris/pubs/Lafferty2010Science.pdf |
| Date Other: | Wed, 23 May 2012 09:51 -0500 |
| Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
