Tick symbiotic microorganisms play key roles in pathogen transmission, shaping vector competence.
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#Microbiome #Ticks #PathogenTransmission #VectorBiology

Host competence-abundance relationships drive the dilution effect across multiple small mammal-borne pathogens
Bouilloud, M. et al.
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#DiseaseEcology #PathogenTransmission #SmallMammalHosts

Tick symbiont-pathogen interactions : A systematic review A systematic review on tick-borne diseases, tick endosymbionts and potential strategies for controlling tick-borne diseases

This review explores #TickBorneDisease #epidemiology and how tick microbiota, #endosymbionts, and immune responses shape development, #GutHomeostasis, and #PathogenTransmission, highlighting symbiont–pathogen interactions as promising targets for disease control.
#OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/27w4jjvj

New NIOO publication: Reconciling contrasting effects of #nitrogen on host immunity and #pathogentransmission using stoichiometric models, by @DedmerW @thijsfrenken and others. #disease #defense #stoichiometry #nutrition #parasite #resistance
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4170