Interactions between two parasites of brown trout (Salmo trutta): Consequences of preinfection.

ABSTRACT: Preinfection by one parasitic species may facilitate or by contrast hamper the subsequent penetration and/or establishment of other parasites in a host. The biology of interacting species, timing of preinfection, and dosage of subsequent parasite exposure are likely important variables in this multiparasite dynamic infection process. The increased vulnerability to subsequent infection can be an important and often overlooked factor influencing parasite virulence. We investigated how the preinfection by freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera glochidia could influence the success of subsequent infection by the common trematode Diplostomum pseudospathaceum in brown trout Salmo trutta and vice versa whether preinfection by the trematode made fish more s

SUBMITTER: Gopko M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206180 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature