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Stress Hormones Bring Birds, Pathogens and Mosquitoes Together

Do stress hormones, such as corticosterone, enhance bird susceptibility to mosquitoes in ways that enhance rates of co-infection? Does this then enhance pathogen emergence?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dhondt, André A., Dobson, Andrew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28153740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.01.001
Descripción
Sumario:Do stress hormones, such as corticosterone, enhance bird susceptibility to mosquitoes in ways that enhance rates of co-infection? Does this then enhance pathogen emergence?