Interactions among bacterial strains and fluke genotypes shape virulence of co-infection

Starvation can diversify the population structure and virulence strategies of an environmentally transmitting fish pathogen

(2014) Lotta-Riina Sundberg et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Comparing the different morphotypes of a fish pathogen - implications for key virulence factors in Flavobacterium columnare

(2014) Elina Laanto et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The consequences of co-infections for parasite transmission in the mosquitoAedes aegypti

(2014) Alison B. Duncan et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Flavobacterium columnare: an important contributing factor to fish die-offs in southern lakes of Saskatchewan, Canada

(2014) Steven J. Scott et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION

Multiple infections and the evolution of virulence

(2013) Samuel Alizon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Diversity of Fish-Associated Flavobacteria of Michigan

(2013) T. P. Loch et al.   JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH

Effect of helminth-induced immunity on infections with microbial pathogens

(2013) Padmini Salgame et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Phage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium

(2013) Elina Laanto et al.   PLoS One

Reciprocal Interaction Matrix Reveals Complex Genetic and Dose-Dependent Specificity among Coinfecting Parasites

(2012) Otto Seppälä et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Ichthyophthirius multifiliis as a potential vector of Edwardsiella ictaluri in channel catfish

(2012) De-Hai Xu et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Virulence of mixed fungal infections in honey bee brood

(2012) Svjetlana Vojvodic et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Environment may be the source of Flavobacterium columnare outbreaks at fish farms

(2012) Heidi M. T. Kunttu et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

The expression of virulence during double infections by different parasites with conflicting host exploitation and transmission strategies

(2011) F. BEN-AMI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The nature and consequences of coinfection in humans

(2011) Emily C. Griffiths et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Prevalence and implications of multiple-strain infections

(2011) Oliver Balmer et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Synchronous attack is advantageous: mixed genotype infections lead to higher infection success in trematode parasites

(2011) A. Karvonen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Is the population genetic structure of complex life cycle parasites determined by the geographic range of the most motile host?

(2010) Katja-Riikka Louhi et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Increasing water temperature and disease risks in aquatic systems: Climate change increases the risk of some, but not all, diseases

(2010) Anssi Karvonen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Prior residency does not always pay off – co-infections in Daphnia

(2010) JENNIFER N. LOHR et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Eye fluke-induced cataracts in natural fish populations: is there potential for host manipulation?

(2010) O. SEPPÄLÄ et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Species Interactions in a Parasite Community Drive Infection Risk in a Wildlife Population

(2010) Sandra Telfer et al.   SCIENCE

Infectious Dose Affects the Outcome of the Within‐Host Competition between Parasites

(2009) Simon Fellous et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland

(2009) K. Pulkkinen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Saprophytism of a fish pathogen as a transmission strategy

(2009) Heidi M.T. Kunttu et al.   Epidemics

Kin selection and the evolution of virulence

(2008) A Buckling et al.   HEREDITY

Optimality analysis of Th1/Th2 immune responses during microparasite-macroparasite co-infection, with epidemiological feedbacks

(2008) ANDY FENTON et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Ecological rules governing helminth microparasite coinfection

(2008) A. L. Graham   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A quantitative test of the relationship between parasite dose and infection probability across different host-parasite combinations

(2008) F. Ben-Ami et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Interactions among co-infecting parasite species: a mechanism maintaining genetic variation in parasites?

(2008) O. Seppala et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES