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Henrichs, Brian
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Oosthuizen, Marinda C.
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Troskie, Milana
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Gorsich, Erin
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Beechler, Brianna
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Ezenwa, Vanessa O.
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Jolles, Anna E.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-08-16T09:00:38Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-07 |
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dc.description.abstract |
1. Experimental studies in laboratory settings have demonstrated a critical role of parasite
interactions in shaping parasite communities. The sum of these interactions can produce
diverse effects on individual hosts as well as influence disease emergence and persistence at
the population level.
2. A predictive framework for the effects of parasite interactions in the wild remains elusive,
largely because of limited longitudinal or experimental data on parasite communities of freeranging
hosts.
3. This 4-year study followed a community of haemoparasites in free-ranging African buffalo
(Syncerus caffer). We detected infection by 11 haemoparasite species using PCR-based diagnostic
techniques, and analyzed drivers of infection patterns using generalized linear mixed
models to understand the role of host characteristics and season on infection likelihood. We
tested for (i) effects of co-infection by other haemoparasites (within guild) and (ii) effects of
parasites infecting different tissue types (across guild).
4. We found that within guild co-infections were the strongest predictors of haemoparasite
infections in the buffalo; but that seasonal and host characteristics also had important effects.
In contrast, the evidence for across-guild effects of parasites utilizing different tissue on
haemoparasite infection was weak.
5. These results provide a nuanced view of the role of co-infections in determining haemoparasite
infection patterns in free living mammalian hosts. Our findings suggest a role for interactions
among parasites infecting a single tissue type in determining infection patterns. |
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dc.description.department |
Veterinary Tropical Diseases |
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dc.description.embargo |
2017-07-31 |
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dc.description.librarian |
hb2016 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
This study was supported by
a Research Coordination Network grant to B.H., a National Science
Foundation Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Grant to V.O.E.
and A.E.J. (EF-0723918/DEB-1102493, EF-0723928), a NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship and an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement
award to E.G. (DEB-121094), a Morris Animal Foundation grant to
B.R.B. (D12ZO-409) and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity
(URISC) Grant to C.G. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2656 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Henrichs, B, Oosthuizen, MC, Troskie, M, Gorsich, E, Gondhalekar, C, Beechler, BR, Ezenwa, VO & Jolles, AE 2016, 'Within guild co-infections influence parasite community membership : a longitudinal study in African Buffalo', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 1025-1034. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0021-8790 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1365-2656 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1111/1365-2656.12535 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56341 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Wiley |
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dc.rights |
© 2016 The Authors. Journal of Animal Ecology © 2016 British Ecological Society. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Within guild co-infections influence parasite community membership: a longitudinal study in African Buffalo, Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 1025-1034, 2016. doi : 10.1111/1365-2656.12535. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.comjournal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2656 . |
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dc.subject |
Anaplasma |
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dc.subject |
Haemoparasites |
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dc.subject |
Parasite ecology |
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dc.subject |
Theileria |
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dc.subject |
African buffalo |
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dc.subject |
Generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) |
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dc.subject |
Syncerus caffer |
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dc.title |
Within guild co-infections influence parasite community membership : a longitudinal study in African Buffalo |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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