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| Title |
Sapronosis: a distinctive type of infectious agent
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Parasitology, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.pt.2014.06.006 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Armand M. Kuris, Kevin D. Lafferty, Susanne H. Sokolow |
| Abstract |
Sapronotic disease agents have evolutionary and epidemiological properties unlike other infectious organisms. Their essential saprophagic existence prevents coevolution, and no host-parasite virulence trade-off can evolve. However, the host may evolve defenses. Models of pathogens show that sapronoses, lacking a threshold of transmission, cannot regulate host populations, although they can reduce host abundance and even extirpate their hosts. Immunocompromised hosts are relatively susceptible to sapronoses. Some particularly important sapronoses, such as cholera and anthrax, can sustain an epidemic in a host population. However, these microbes ultimately persist as saprophages. One-third of human infectious disease agents are sapronotic, including nearly all fungal diseases. Recognition that an infectious disease is sapronotic illuminates a need for effective environmental control strategies. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 90 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 22% |
| Researcher | 16 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 21 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 34% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 9 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 26 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 72. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2022.
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