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SUBMITTER: Streicker DG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4282463 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Streicker Daniel G DG Fenton Andy A Pedersen Amy B AB
Ecology letters 20130528 8
Controlling parasites that infect multiple host species often requires targeting single species that dominate transmission. Yet, it is rarely recognised that such 'key hosts' can arise through disparate mechanisms, potentially requiring different approaches for control. We identify three distinct, but not mutually exclusive, processes that underlie host species heterogeneity: infection prevalence, population abundance and infectiousness. We construct a theoretical framework to isolate the role o ...[more]