Host-Parasite Interactions

"Host-Parasite Interactions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The relationship between an invertebrate and another organism (the host), one of which lives at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.

Descriptor ID	D006790
MeSH Number(s)	G16.543.400
Concept/Terms	Host-Parasite Interactions Host-Parasite Interactions Host Parasite Interactions Host-Parasite Interaction Interaction, Host-Parasite Interactions, Host-Parasite Host-Parasite Relations Host Parasite Relations Host-Parasite Relation Relation, Host-Parasite Relations, Host-Parasite Parasite-Host Interactions Interaction, Parasite-Host Interactions, Parasite-Host Parasite Host Interactions Parasite-Host Interaction Parasite-Host Relations Parasite Host Relations Parasite-Host Relation Relation, Parasite-Host Relations, Parasite-Host Host-Parasite Relationship Host Parasite Relationship Host-Parasite Relationships Relationship, Host-Parasite Relationships, Host-Parasite

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Biological Sciences [G]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Host-Pathogen Interactions [G16.543]
Host-Parasite Interactions [G16.543.400]

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Bar chart showing 68 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	2	3
2003	0	2	2
2004	0	2	2
2007	2	1	3
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	2	3
2012	1	3	4
2013	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	1	2
2016	0	3	3
2017	5	3	8
2018	2	0	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	5	5	10
2021	2	6	8
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	1	2
2025	0	4	4
2026	0	1	1

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Gonzalez SB, Shivam P, Ball D, Ajisegiri SB, Osi I, Misra S, Mutchler AL, Lindsey ML, Martin PM, Sakwe AM, Nde PN. Bugs as drugs: parasite biomolecules as novel therapeutics against breast cancer. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2026 Apr 01; 330(4):C1067-C1080.

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Feeney WE, Kennerley JA, Wheatcroft D, Liang W, Lamb JB, Teunissen N, Lawson SL, Enos JK, Zhou B, Poje C, Richardson NM, Ryan TA, Cowan ZL, Brooker RM, Attwood M, Boersma J, Zamora M, Attisano A, Gula R, Theuerkauf J, Gloag R, Fiorini VD, Gill SA, Peters A, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Hauber ME, Manica A, Webster MS, Blasi DE. Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2103-2115.

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Hanley D, Hauber ME, Holford M, Moya C, Spottiswoode CN, Dixit T. Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host-brood parasite system. Biol Lett. 2025 Jun; 21(6):20250112.

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Chou J, Li MZ, Wey B, Mumtaz M, Ramroop JR, Singh S, Govind S. Venomous Cargo: Diverse Toxin-Related Proteins Are Associated with Extracellular Vesicles in Parasitoid Wasp Venom. Pathogens. 2025 Mar 05; 14(3).

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Fernandez-Duque F, Stanback M, Lawson SL, Hauber ME. Egg shape and color mediate acceptance thresholds in diverse avian host species with different rates of antiparasitic egg rejection. J Exp Biol. 2025 02 01; 228(3).

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Porter M, Barton DP, Williams J, Randall J, Ovaskainen O, Crook DA, Shamsi S. Influence of body size and environmental conditions on parasite assemblages of the black-spotted croaker (Protonibea diacanthus) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) in northern Australia. Parasitology. 2024 Jul; 151(8):864-874.

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McClelland SC, Lund J, Dixit T, Hamama S, McClean LA, Spottiswoode CN, White CR, Louder MIM, Hauber ME, Honza M, Portugal SJ. Highly virulent avian brood-parasitic species show elevated embryonic metabolic rates at specific incubation stages compared to less virulent and non-parasitic species. Biol Lett. 2024 Sep; 20(9):20240411.

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Di Giovanni AJ, Villa J, Stanback MT, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK, Hauber ME, Hanley D. Decision rules for egg-color-based rejection by two cavity-nesting hosts of the brown-headed cowbird. J Exp Biol. 2023 07 01; 226(14).

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Vicente-Rodr?guez LC, Torres-Arroyo AC, Hern?ndez-V?zquez A, Rosa-Casillas M, Bracho-Rinc?n DP, de Jes?s PM, Behra ML, Habib MR, Zhou XN, Rosenthal JJC, Miller MW. The FMRF-NH2 gated sodium channel of Biomphalaria glabrata: Localization and expression following infection by Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 06; 17(6):e0011249.

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Burns-Cusato M, Rana A, Hawkins W, Young Z, Hauber ME. Egg burial in the ringneck dove (Streptopelia risoria): A potential laboratory model system for egg-rejection research? J Comp Psychol. 2022 08; 136(3):189-193.

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