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Parasite turns hapless ants into zombies at sunrise and sunset Original

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By Bronwyn Thompson, Brian Lund Fredensborg
| New Atlas Verified
Hijacking the body of a convenient host is nothing new in the opportunistic world of parasitism. Nor are zombie ants, thanks to the fittingly named zombie-ant fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis), which has even claimed top prize in photography competitions. But for the first time, scientists have discovered how one cunning pathogenic flatworm can switch ‘zombie mode’ on and off, engaging in an intermittent hostile takeover when it best suits them.
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Quantifying synergistic interactions: a meta-analysis of joint effects of chemical and parasitic stressors - Scientific Reports

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By Brian Lund Fredensborg
| Nature Verified
Abstract The global biodiversity crisis emphasizes our need to understand how different stressors (climatic, chemical, parasitic, etc.) interact and affect biological communities. We provide a comprehensive meta-analysis investigating joint effects of chemical and parasitic stressors for 1064 chemical-parasitic combinations using the Multiplicative model on mortality of arthropods.
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Population genomics of ancient and modern Trichuris trichiura - Nature Communications

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By Stephen Doyle, Martin Jensen Søe, Xing-Quan Zhu, Ana Sanchez, Zeleke Abebaw Mekonnen, Matthew Berriman, Brian Lund Fredensborg
| Nature Verified
Abstract The neglected tropical disease trichuriasis is caused by the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, a soil-transmitted helminth that has infected humans for millennia. Today, T. trichiura infects as many as 500 million people, predominantly in communities with poor sanitary infrastructure enabling sustained faecal-oral transmission.
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