Concurrent infection (or co-infection) is the norm rather than the exception in real-world
populations where most host individuals are infected by more than one parasite species …

Nutrition and infection have been interacting in humans for millennia, with undernutrition
typically increasing susceptibility and exacerbating pathogenicity of infectious agents. In the …

The original Scrimshaw, Taylor and Gordon conceptual framework for the interaction of
nutrition and infection has well served the scientific community for almost half a century. At …

It has been over 50 years since Scrimshaw and colleagues synthesized evidence that the
overlap of malnutrition with infectious diseases within the same populations and individuals …

Simultaneous infection by multiple parasite species (viruses, bacteria, helminths, protozoa
or fungi) is commonplace. Most reports show co-infected humans to have worse health than …

Nutrition and infection are often at a crossroads, interacting with each other and influencing
human health. Infection is a major health problem and nutritional deficiency plays a …

Co-infection of individual hosts by multiple parasite species is a pattern that is very
commonly observed in natural populations. Understanding the processes that generate …

Ecological theory suggests that co‐infecting parasite species can interact within hosts
directly, via host immunity and/or via resource competition. In mice, competition for red blood …

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Coinfection of a host by multiple parasite species has important epidemiological and clinical
implications. However, the direction and magnitude of effects vary considerably among …