The timing and development of infections in a fish-cestode host-parasite system.
Parasitology
; 149(9): 1173-1178, 2022 08.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35570667
ABSTRACT
The cestode Schistocephalus solidus is a common parasite in freshwater threespine stickleback populations, imposing strong fitness costs on their hosts. Given this, it is surprising how little is known about the timing and development of infections in natural stickleback populations. Previous work showed that young-of-year stickleback can get infected shortly after hatching. We extended this observation by comparing infection prevalence of young-of-year stickleback from 3 Alaskan populations (Walby, Cornelius and Wolf lakes) over 2 successive cohorts (2018/19 and 2019/20). We observed strong variation between sampling years (2018 vs 2019 vs 2020), stickleback age groups (young-of-year vs 1-year-old) and sampling populations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cestode Infections
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Smegmamorpha
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Fish Diseases
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Parasitology
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States