Daniel L. Preston

Nov 19, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Daniel L. Preston |Landon P. Falke |Mark Novak

1 INTRODUCTION While many studies on wildlife disease have focused on interactions between a single-host and a single-parasite taxon, virtually all hosts in nature support a diverse community of infectious agents (Petney & Andrews, 1998). In some cases, infection by multiple parasites may worsen disease for hosts in an additive manner, reducing host fitness (Johnson & Hoverman, 2012).