Plasmodium Infections in Natural Populations of Anolis sagrei Reflect Tolerance Rather Than Susceptibility
dc.contributor.author | Bonneaud, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Sepil, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilfert, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Calsbeek, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-13T12:42:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-07-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | Parasites can represent formidable selection pressures for hosts, but the cost of infection is sometimes difficult to demonstrate in natural populations. While parasite exploitation strategies may, in some instances, actually inflict low costs on their hosts, the response of hosts to infection is also likely to determine whether or not these costs can be detected. Indeed, costs of infection may be obscured if infected individuals in the wild are those that are the most tolerant, rather than the most susceptible, to infection. Here we test this hypothesis in two natural populations of Anolis sagrei, one of the most common anole lizard of the Bahamas. Plasmodium parasites were detected in > 7% of individuals and belonged to two distinct clades: P. mexicanum and P. floriensis. Infected individuals displayed greater body condition than non-infected ones and we found no association between infection status, stamina, and survival to the end of the breeding season. Furthermore, we found no significant difference in the immuno-competence (measured as a response to phytohemagglutinin challenge) of infected versus non-infected individuals. Taken together, our results suggest that the infected individuals that are caught in the wild are those most able to withstand the cost of the infection and that susceptible, infected individuals have been removed from the population (i.e., through disease-induced mortality). This study highlights the need for caution when interpreting estimates of infection costs in natural populations, as costs may appear low either when parasites exploitation strategies truly inflict low costs on their hosts or when those costs are so high that susceptible hosts are removed from the population. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by a National Geographic Society [grant #8002-06 to R.C.]; a Natural Environment Research Council [research grant NE/M00256X to C.B.]; The symposium was supported by National Science Foundation [grant # IOS-1637160]; Company of Biologists [grant EA1233] both Simon Lailvaux and Jerry Husak; and bySociety for Integrative and Comparative Biology divisions DAB, DCB, DEC, DEDE, DEE, DNB, and DVM. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 7 July 2017 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/icb/icx044 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28437 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) for Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Anolis | en_GB |
dc.subject | condition | en_GB |
dc.subject | immunocompetence | en_GB |
dc.subject | stamina | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plasmodium | en_GB |
dc.subject | tolerance | en_GB |
dc.title | Plasmodium Infections in Natural Populations of Anolis sagrei Reflect Tolerance Rather Than Susceptibility | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-13T12:42:28Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1540-7063 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from OUP via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Integrative And Comparative Biology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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