Stress Hormones Bring Birds, Pathogens and Mosquitoes Together.
Do stress hormones, such as corticosterone, enhance bird susceptibility to mosquitoes in ways that enhance rates of co-infection? Does this then enhance pathogen emergence?
Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University,159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. Electronic address: aad4@cornell.edu.
André A
AA
Dhondt
EEB, Eno Hall, Princeton University, NJ 08540, USA.
Andrew P
AP
Dobson
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological
D006728:Hormones
coevolution; coinfection; corticosterone; emergence; mosquito