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). ISSN 1544-9173

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002288

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:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2400

Subjects:

?? CLIMATE CHANGEPARASITIC DISEASESTEMPERATUREPARASITESDAPHNIAANIMALSAGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES(ALL)NEUROSCIENCE(ALL)BIOCHEMISTRY, GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY(ALL)IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY(ALL) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre

ID Code:

205639

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

04 Oct 2023 14:15

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

11 Oct 2023 15:40

URI:

https://eprints-dev.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/205639