Essential Neuroparasitology
| dc.contributor.author | Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-12T08:34:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-12T08:34:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Behavior-altering parasites are parasites capable of causing changes in the behavior of their hosts by directly affecting the hosts' decision-making and behavior control mechanisms. The acquired or modified behaviors assist in the parasite's transmission, and in the case of parasitoids result in the host's death. (1) Parasites often have striking effects on the behavior of their hosts. These behavioral changes can be classed as adaptations on the part of the host, on the part of the parasite, or as nonadaptive byproducts of infection. In many cases it seems that these changes in behavior are adaptive for the parasite because they appear to facilitate transmission of the parasite to the next host in the parasite's life cycle. However, caution must be used in inferring that adaptive behavioral manipulation is occurring because simple byproducts of infection can have transmissionenhancing effects. In fact, in instances where host behaviors are altered, parasites that appear to benefit from behavioral changes often have less dramatic effects on host behavior than parasites that do not appear to benefit from altered behaviors. (2) Parasites often alter the behavior of their hosts in ways that are ultimately beneficial to the parasite or its offspring | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ds.eaeu.edu.sd/handle/10.58971/789 | |
| dc.language.iso | other | |
| dc.publisher | جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري | |
| dc.title | Essential Neuroparasitology |