Host life history strategy, species diversity, and habitat influence Trypanosoma cruzi vector infection in Changing landscapes.

• Main Authors: Nicole L Gottdenker (Author), Luis Fernando Chaves (Author), José E Calzada (Author), Azael Saldaña (Author), C Ronald Carroll (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anthropogenic land use may influence transmission of multi-host vector-borne pathogens by changing diversity, relative abundance, and community composition of reservoir hosts. These reservoir hosts may have varying competence for vector-borne pathogens depending on species-specific characteristics,...