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SUBMITTER: Kallio ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3871379 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kallio Eva R ER Henttonen Heikki H Koskela Esa E Lundkvist Ake A Mappes Tapio T Vapalahti Olli O
Biology letters 20131218 6
Individuals often differ in their ability to transmit disease and identifying key individuals for transmission is a major issue in epidemiology. Male hosts are often thought to be more important than females for parasite transmission and persistence. However, the role of infectious females, particularly the transient immunity provided to offspring through maternal antibodies (MatAbs), has been neglected in discussions about sex-biased infection transmission. We examined the effect of host sex up ...[more]