Sterilizing immunity after vaccination is desirable to prevent the spread of infection from
vaccinees, which can be especially dangerous in hospital settings while managing frail …

Emerging zoonotic diseases exert a significant burden on human health and have
considerable socioeconomic impact worldwide. In Asia, live animals as well as animal …

Host and parasite evolution are closely intertwined, with selection for adaptations and
counter‐adaptations forming a coevolutionary feedback loop. Coevolutionary dynamics are …

As a result of global change, hosts and parasites (including pathogens) are experiencing
shifts in their thermal environment. Despite the importance of heat stress tolerance for host …

The long-term coevolution of hosts and pathogens in their environment forms a complex
web of multi-scale interactions. Understanding how environmental heterogeneity affects the …

Pathogen life history theory assumes a positive relationship between pathogen load in host
tissues and pathogen transmission. Empirical evidence for this relationship is surprisingly …

Salmonella Typhimurium elicits gut inflammation by the costly expression of HilD-controlled
virulence factors. This inflammation alleviates colonization resistance (CR) mediated by the …

Disease outbreaks are a consequence of interactions among the three components of a host–
parasite system: the infectious agent, the host and the environment. While virulence and …

There is increasing interest in the role that evolution may play in current and future
pandemics, but there is often also considerable confusion about the actual evolutionary …

Highlights•Tripartite interactions occur between hosts, their microbiota, and pathogens.•
Competitive and non-competitive interactions can affect pathogen virulence.•The insect …