为宿主着想：保留寄生虫的好处。

For Host's Sake: The Pluses of Parasite Preservation.

机构信息

Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA.

出版信息

Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 May;31(5):341-343. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.021. Epub 2016 Mar 24.

DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.021

PMID:27020732

Abstract

Conservation biologists now realize that parasites of endangered hosts should be conserved for their own sake and as part of their host's natural environment. But parasites should also be conserved because parasitic exposure might be crucial to the host's development of a fully functional immune system and hence to the survival of the host.

摘要

保护生物学家现在意识到，濒危宿主的寄生虫应该为了自身的利益以及作为宿主自然环境的一部分而被保护。但是寄生虫也应该被保护，因为寄生虫的暴露可能对宿主充分发育的功能性免疫系统至关重要，从而对宿主的生存至关重要。