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发表于 2020-01-24 boosts parasite adchoices

The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes them more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen …

Malaria Parasite Attracts Mosquitoes with Perfume

发表于 2015-03-25 bloodsuckers attracts parasite

The Plasmodium parasite uses an altered type of plant chloroplast to manufacture pine-and-lemon-scented chemicals, which lure in the bloodsuckers. Christopher I…

Vaccine Aims at Fly Host of Disease Parasite

发表于 2015-06-04 parasite adchoices vaccine

An experimental leishmaniasis vaccine relies on eliciting an immune response to a protein from the saliva of the sand fly that carries the leishmania parasite, …