Journal article
Extreme Competence: Keystone Hosts of Infections
Trends in ecology & evolution, Vol.34(4), pp.303-314
01/04/2019
PMCID: PMC7114649
PMID: 30704782
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Abstract
Individual hosts differ extensively in their competence for parasites, but traditional research has discounted this variation, partly because modeling such heterogeneity is difficult. This discounting has diminished as tools have improved and recognition has grown that some hosts, the extremely competent, can have exceptional impacts on disease dynamics. Most prominent among these hosts are the superspreaders, but other forms of extreme competence (EC) exist and others await discovery; each with potentially strong but distinct implications for disease emergence and spread. Here, we propose a framework for the study and discovery of EC, suitable for different host-parasite systems, which we hope enhances our understanding of how parasites circulate and evolve in host communities.
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- Title
- Extreme Competence: Keystone Hosts of Infections
- Creators
- Lynn B. Martin - University of South FloridaBriAnne Addison - Deakin UniversityAndrew G. D. Bean - Australian Centre for Disease PreparednessKatherine L. Buchanan - Deakin UniversityOndi L. Crino - Deakin UniversityJustin R. Eastwood - Monash UniversityAndrew S. Flies - University of TasmaniaRodrigo Hamede - University of TasmaniaGeoffrey E. Hill - Auburn UniversityMarcel Klaassen - Deakin UniversityRebecca E. Koch - Monash UniversityJohanne M. Martens - Deakin UniversityConstanza Napolitano - Institute of Ecology and BiodiversityEdward J. Narayan - Western Sydney UniversityLee Peacock - Monash UniversityAlison J. Peel - Griffith UniversityAnne Peters - Monash UniversityNynke Raven - Deakin UniversityAlice Risely - Deakin UniversityMichael J. Roast - Monash UniversityLee A. Rollins - UNSW SydneyManuel Ruiz-Aravena - University of TasmaniaDan Selechnik - University of SydneyHelena S. Stokes - Deakin UniversityBeata Ujvari - Deakin UniversityLaura F. Grogan - Griffith University
- Publication Details
- Trends in ecology & evolution, Vol.34(4), pp.303-314
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 12
- Identifiers
- 991013269110302368
- Copyright
- © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article