Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Trends Parasitol. 2020 Apr;36(4):317-318. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.01.005. Epub 2020 Feb 8.
A key strategy that many parasites use to facilitate transmission involves behavioral modification of their hosts. Toxoplasma gondii has been taken as an example for this strategy. A recent study by Boillat et al. reported that attraction to predator odor following Toxoplasma infection is not specific to felines.
一种关键策略,许多寄生虫利用这种策略来促进传播,涉及对宿主行为的改变。刚地弓形虫就是这种策略的一个例子。Boillat 等人最近的一项研究报告称,感染刚地弓形虫后对捕食者气味的吸引力并不是猫科动物所特有的。