Immune priming has now been demonstrated in a wide range of invertebrate species.
Studies testing this phenomenon largely differ in terms of experimental design, host …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Tick-borne febrile illnesses caused by pathogens like Anaplasma spp., Bartonella spp.,
Borrelia spp., Ehrlichia spp., Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis, and Rickettsia spp., are …

Despite our rapidly advancing mechanistic understanding of vertebrate immunity under
controlled laboratory conditions, the links between immunity, infection and fitness under …

Influenza usually spreads through the human population in multiple-wave outbreaks.
Successive reinfection of individuals over a short time interval has been explicitly reported …

Many vector-borne pathogens consist of multiple strains that circulate in both the vertebrate
host and the arthropod vector. Characterization of the community of pathogen strains in the …

Studies in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model of multiple
sclerosis, have shown potential links between diet components, microbiome composition …

Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged as an important infectious disease agent in Brazil in 2016.
Infection usually leads to mild symptoms, but severe congenital neurological disorders and …

Consumer-resource dynamics of hosts with their pathogens are modulated by complex
interactions between various branches of hosts' immune systems and the imperfectly …

Dengue fever is endemic in more than 120 countries, which account for 3.9 billion people at
risk of infection worldwide. The absence of a vaccine with effective protection against the …