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SUBMITTER: Nelson FB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4501531 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nelson Felicity B L FB Brown Gregory P GP Shilton Catherine C Shine Richard R
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20150627 3
Many invading species have brought devastating parasites and diseases to their new homes, thereby imperiling native taxa. Potentially, though, invaders might have the opposite effect. If they take up parasites that otherwise would infect native taxa, but those parasites fail to develop in the invader, the introduced species might reduce parasite burdens of the native fauna. Similarly, earlier exposure to the other taxon's parasites might 'prime' an anuran's immune system such that it is then abl ...[more]