Host manipulations by parasites and viruses. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Heinz Mehlhorn, editor.
• Editors: Mehlhorn, Heinz
• Contents: Introduction -- Parasites: an own world of cross reactions with their hosts -- Trait-mediated effects of parasites on invader-native interactions -- Cooperation or Conflict: Host manipulation in multiple infections -- Can parasites change thermal preferences of hosts? -- Host Manipulation by Toxoplasma gondii -- The brain worm story -- The bodyguard phenomenon -- Remote control: parasite induced phenotypic changes in fish -- Virus-induced behavioural changes in insects.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 616.96; Medicine; Host-parasite relationships; Host-virus relationships; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Host-parasite relationships; Host-virus relationships; Host-Parasite Interactions; Biomedicine; Parasitology; Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Medical -- Neuroscience; Animal behaviour; Neurosciences; Medical parasitology; Animal behavior; Neurosciences; Medical -- Parasitology; Medical parasitology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319229362; 3319229362
• Related ISBNs: 9783319229355; 3319229354; 9783319229355
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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