Highlights•Entomopathogenic nematodes use CO 2, plant-and insect-derived cues to locate
potential hosts in a species-specific manner.•Entomopathogenic nematodes respond to …

Skin-penetrating nematodes, including the human threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis and
hookworms in the genera Necator and Ancylostoma, are gastrointestinal parasites that are a …

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are unique parasites due to their symbiosis with
entomopathogenic bacteria and their ability to kill insect hosts quickly after infection. It is …

Approximately 800 million people worldwide are infected with one or more species of skin-
penetrating nematodes. These parasites persist in the environment as developmentally …

Many chemosensory cues evoke responses of the same valence under widely varying
physiological conditions. It remains unclear whether similar or distinct neural mechanisms …

Skin-penetrating parasitic nematodes infect approximately one billion people worldwide and
are a major source of neglected tropical disease [1–6]. Their life cycle includes an infective …

Many chemosensory stimuli evoke innate behavioral responses that can be either appetitive
or aversive, depending on an animal's age, prior experience, nutritional status, and …

Highlights•C. elegans encodes complex olfactory behaviors with only a small number of
neurons.•Microcircuit motifs that are fundamental across computational systems encode …

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are insect parasites used as biological control
agents. Free-living infective juveniles (IJs) of EPNs employ host-seeking behaviors to locate …

The oft-neglected human-parasitic threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, infects roughly
eight percent of the global population, placing disproportionate medical and economic …