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Fluctuating temperatures have a surprising effect on disease transmission by Shocket, Marta S

“…Theory predicts that temperature fluctuations should reduce performance near an organism’s thermal optimum. A new study in PLOS Biology found fluctuations…”
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Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease by Mordecai, Erin A., Caldwell, Jamie M., Grossman, Marissa K., Lippi, Catherine A., Johnson, Leah R., Neira, Marco, Rohr, Jason R., Ryan, Sadie J., Savage, Van, Shocket, Marta S., Sippy, Rachel, Stewart Ibarra, Anna M., Thomas, Matthew B., Villena, Oswaldo, Byers, James (Jeb)

“…Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly…”
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Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models by Mordecai, Erin A, Cohen, Jeremy M, Evans, Michelle V, Gudapati, Prithvi, Johnson, Leah R, Lippi, Catherine A, Miazgowicz, Kerri, Murdock, Courtney C, Rohr, Jason R, Ryan, Sadie J, Savage, Van, Shocket, Marta S, Stewart Ibarra, Anna, Thomas, Matthew B, Weikel, Daniel P

“…Recent epidemics of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya have heightened the need to understand the seasonal and geographic range of transmission by Aedes aegypti and…”
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Transmission of West Nile and five other temperate mosquito-borne viruses peaks at temperatures between 23°C and 26°C by Shocket, Marta S, Verwillow, Anna B, Numazu, Mailo G, Slamani, Hani, Cohen, Jeremy M, El Moustaid, Fadoua, Rohr, Jason, Johnson, Leah R, Mordecai, Erin A

“…The temperature-dependence of many important mosquito-borne diseases has never been quantified. These relationships are critical for understanding current…”
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Correction: Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models by Mordecai, Erin A, Cohen, Jeremy M, Evans, Michelle V, Gudapati, Prithvi, Johnson, Leah R, Lippi, Catherine A, Miazgowicz, Kerri, Murdock, Courtney C, Rohr, Jason R, Ryan, Sadie J, Savage, Van, Shocket, Marta S, Ibarra, Anna Stewart, Thomas, Matthew B, Weikel, Daniel P

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005568.]…”
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Acclimation to warmer temperatures can protect host populations from both further heat stress and the potential invasion of pathogens by Hector, Tobias E., Shocket, Marta S., Sgrò, Carla M., Hall, Matthew D.

“…Thermal acclimation can provide an essential buffer against heat stress for host populations, while acting simultaneously on various life‐history traits that…”
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Pathways linking nutrient enrichment, habitat structure, and parasitism to host–resource interactions by Penczykowski, Rachel M., Fearon, Michelle L., Hite, Jessica L., Shocket, Marta S., Hall, Spencer R., Duffy, Meghan A.

“…Human activities simultaneously alter nutrient levels, habitat structure, and levels of parasitism. These activities likely have individual and joint impacts…”
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Susceptible host availability modulates climate effects on dengue dynamics by Nova, Nicole, Deyle, Ethan R., Shocket, Marta S., MacDonald, Andrew J., Childs, Marissa L., Rypdal, Martin, Sugihara, George, Mordecai, Erin A., Coulson, Tim

“…Experiments and models suggest that climate affects mosquito‐borne disease transmission. However, disease transmission involves complex nonlinear interactions…”
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Phenotypic adaptation to temperature in the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti by Dennington, Nina L., Grossman, Marissa K., Ware‐Gilmore, Fhallon, Teeple, Janet L., Johnson, Leah R., Shocket, Marta S., McGraw, Elizabeth A., Thomas, Matthew B.

“…Most models exploring the effects of climate change on mosquito‐borne disease ignore thermal adaptation. However, if local adaptation leads to changes in…”
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Temperature Drives Epidemics in a Zooplankton-Fungus Disease System: A Trait-Driven Approach Points to Transmission via Host Foraging by Shocket, Marta S., Strauss, Alexander T., Hite, Jessica L., Šljivar, Maja, Civitello, David J., Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Climatic warming will likely have idiosyncratic impacts on infectious diseases, causing some to increase while others decrease or shift geographically. A…”
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Genotypic variation in parasite avoidance behaviour and other mechanistic, nonlinear components of transmission by Strauss, Alexander T, Hite, Jessica L, Civitello, David J, Shocket, Marta S, Cáceres, Carla E, Hall, Spencer R

“…Traditional epidemiological models assume that transmission increases proportionally to the density of parasites. However, empirical data frequently contradict…”
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Dengue fever in Saudi Arabia: A review of environmental and population factors impacting emergence and spread by Altassan, Kholood K., Morin, Cory, Shocket, Marta S., Ebi, Kris, Hess, Jeremy

“…Dengue fever (DF) is the most important mosquito-transmitted viral disease causing a large economic and disease burden in many parts of the world. Most DF…”
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Virulent Disease Epidemics Can Increase Host Density by Depressing Foraging of Hosts by Penczykowski, Rachel M, Shocket, Marta S, Ochs, Jessica Housley, Lemanski, Brian C P, Sundar, Hema, Duffy, Meghan A, Hall, Spencer R

“…AbstractAll else equal, parasites that harm host fitness should depress densities of their hosts. However, parasites that alter host traits may increase host…”
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Parasite rearing and infection temperatures jointly influence disease transmission and shape seasonality of epidemics by Shocket, Marta S., Vergara, Daniela, Sickbert, Andrew J., Walsman, Jason M., Strauss, Alexander T., Hite, Jessica L., Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Seasonal epidemics erupt commonly in nature and are driven by numerous mechanisms. Here, we suggest a new mechanism that could determine the size and timing of…”
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The influence of vector‐borne disease on human history: socio‐ecological mechanisms by Athni, Tejas S., Shocket, Marta S., Couper, Lisa I., Nova, Nicole, Caldwell, Iain R., Caldwell, Jamie M., Childress, Jasmine N., Childs, Marissa L., De Leo, Giulio A., Kirk, Devin G., MacDonald, Andrew J., Olivarius, Kathryn, Pickel, David G., Roberts, Steven O., Winokur, Olivia C., Young, Hillary S., Cheng, Julian, Grant, Elizabeth A., Kurzner, Patrick M., Kyaw, Saw, Lin, Bradford J., Lopez, Ricardo C., Massihpour, Diba S., Olsen, Erica C., Roache, Maggie, Ruiz, Angie, Schultz, Emily A., Shafat, Muskan, Spencer, Rebecca L., Bharti, Nita, Mordecai, Erin A., Chase, Jonathan

“…Vector‐borne diseases (VBDs) are embedded within complex socio‐ecological systems. While research has traditionally focused on the direct effects of VBDs on…”
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Can hot temperatures limit disease transmission? A test of mechanisms in a zooplankton–fungus system by Shocket, Marta S., Magnante, Alexandra, Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R., Hawley, Dana

“…Thermal ecology theory predicts that transmission of infectious diseases should respond unimodally to temperature, that is be maximized at intermediate…”
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A paradox of parasite resistance: disease-driven trophic cascades increase the cost of resistance, selecting for lower resistance with parasites than without them by Walsman, Jason C., Strauss, Alexander T., Hite, Jessica L., Shocket, Marta S., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Most evolutionary theory predicts that, during epidemics, hosts will evolve higher resistance to parasites that kill them. Here, we provide an alternative to…”
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Habitat, predators, and hosts regulate disease in Daphnia through direct and indirect pathways by Strauss, Alexander T., Shocket, Marta S., Civitello, David J., Hite, Jessica L., Penczykowski, Rachel M., Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Community ecology can link habitat to disease via interactions among habitat, focal hosts, other hosts, their parasites, and predators. However, complicated…”
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Resources, key traits and the size of fungal epidemics in Daphnia populations by Civitello, David J., Penczykowski, Rachel M., Smith, Aimee N., Shocket, Marta S., Duffy, Meghan A., Hall, Spencer R.

“…1. Parasites can profoundly affect host populations and ecological communities. Thus, it remains critical to identify mechanisms that drive variation in…”
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Allocation, not male resistance, increases male frequency during epidemics: a case study in facultatively sexual hosts by Hite, Jessica L., Penczykowski, Rachel M., Shocket, Marta S., Griebel, Katherine A., Strauss, Alexander T., Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Why do natural populations vary in the frequency of sexual reproduction? Virulent parasites may help explain why sex is favored during disease epidemics. To…”
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