Fluctuating temperatures have a surprising effect on disease transmission

Shocket, Marta S (2023) Fluctuating temperatures have a surprising effect on disease transmission. Plos Biology, 21 (9): e3002288. ISSN 1544-9173

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Abstract

Theory predicts that temperature fluctuations should reduce performance near an organism's thermal optimum. A new study in PLOS Biology found fluctuations increased parasite transmission instead, highlighting questions about how climate change will impact infectious diseases. [Abstract copyright: Copyright: © 2023 Marta S. Shocket. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.]

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Plos Biology
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? climate changeparasitic diseasestemperatureparasitesdaphniaanimalsgeneral agricultural and biological sciencesgeneral neurosciencegeneral biochemistry,genetics and molecular biologygeneral immunology and microbiologyagricultural and biological sciences(al ??
ID Code:
205639
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Deposited On:
04 Oct 2023 14:15
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Yes
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Published
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16 Jul 2024 12:08