Mixed infections alter transmission potential in a fungal plant pathogen

Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission.

Using a rodent malaria model, we found that exposure to surfaces treated with fungal entomopathogens following an infectious blood meal reduced the number of mosquitoes able to transmit malaria by a factor of about 80. Fungal infection, achieved through contact with both solid surfaces and netting for durations well within the typical post-feed resting periods, was sufficient to cause >90% mort...

Simon Blanford , Transmission Fungal Pathogen Reduces Potential for Malaria

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Mixed Infections and In Vivo Evolution in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Koch's postulates are criteria establishing a causal relationship between a microbe and a disease that lead to the assumption that diseases are caused by a single strain or its evolved forms. Cryptococcus neoformans is a life-threatening human fungal pathogen responsible for an estimated 1 million cases of cryptococcosis/year, predominantly meningoencephalitis. To assess the molecular diversity...

Investigating Host Induced Meiosis in a Fungal Plant Pathogen

Mixed infections and insect–pathogen interactions

Matthew B. Thomas*, Emma L. Watson and Pablo ValverdeGarcia Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College, Wye, Kent TN25 5AH, UK Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks SL5 7PY, UK Entomologı́a Agrı́cola, Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrı́colas y Forestales, ETSIAM, Universidad de Córdoba, Apartado 3048, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s ⁄n, 14080 Cordoba, ...