Just like humans, Caenorhabditis elegans worms encounter gut-attacking bacterial pathogens through their diet. To thrive in their new hosts, bacteria seek out iron. To protect their iron supplies, ...
Communication between parasites and their hosts is a central determinant of infection outcome, shaping parasite survival, tissue tropism, immune modulation, ...
When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection sputters and dies out. On rare occasions, the infection can perpetuate ...