Host-Parasite Interactions
"Host-Parasite Interactions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.543.400
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| 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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| 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 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Host-Parasite Interactions" by people in Profiles.
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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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McClelland SC, Reynolds M, Cordall M, Hauber ME, Goymann W, McClean LA, Hamama S, Lund J, Dixit T, Louder MIM, Safari I, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Portugal SJ. Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies. Proc Biol Sci. 2021 10 27; 288(1961):20211137.
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Ausprey IJ, Hauber ME. Host and brood parasite coevolutionary interactions covary with comparative patterns of the avian visual system. Biol Lett. 2021 09; 17(9):20210309.