For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of
childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos, and traumatic haircuts. But for a …

During critical periods of food shortage or variable climatic conditions, the choice of an
appropriate host can increase the survival and reproductive performance of parasites. In …

We studied the effect of host gender and body mass on species richness of flea
infracommunities in nine rodent host species from three biomes (temperate zone of central …

Research in host-parasite evolutionary ecology has demonstrated that environmental
variation plays a large role in mediating the outcome of parasite infection. For example …

Ce travail présente des détails sur la biologie de reproduction de la mouche ectoparasite,
Eucampsipoda madagascarensis (Nycteribiidae), de Rousettus madagascariensis, une …

Small mammals host diverse communities of both ectoparasites (eg fleas and ticks) and
endoparasites (eg bacteria and viruses). Some parasites are vectors of diseases that infect …