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Host-parasite Specificity

Host-Parasite Specificity is a biological concept denoting the degree to which a parasitic organism is restricted to infecting particular host species, distinguished by the selective adaptations and evolutionary interactions that govern its association with specific hosts in the context of wildlife ectoparasitism.

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Host specificity in avian blood parasites: a study of<i>Plasmodium</i>and<i>Haemoproteus</i>mitochondrial DNA amplified from birds

Stffan Bensch, Martin Stjernman, Dennis Hasselquist et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2000 · 684 citations · Full text

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Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections

M. Alex Smith, Josephine Rodriguez, James B. Whitfield et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 601 citations · Full text

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The Cytomegaloviruses: Ubiquitous Agents with Protean Clinical Manifestations

Thomas H. Weller · New England Journal of Medicine · 1971 · 402 citations

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Adaptations to host infection and larval parasitism in Unionoida

M. Christopher Barnhart, Wendell R. Haag, William Roston · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 2008 · 375 citations · Full text

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Parasitic chytrids: their effects on phytoplankton communities and food-web dynamics

Maiko Kagami, Arnout de Bruin, Bas W. Ibelings et al. · Hydrobiologia · 2007 · 334 citations · Full text

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    Dale H. Clayton

    University of Utah, United States

    10 publications · 700 citations

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    Sergé Morand

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    9 publications · 713 citations

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    Robert Poulin

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    9 publications · 573 citations

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    Colin Dobson

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    8 publications · 236 citations

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    Boris R. Krasnov

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    8 publications · 401 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    128 publications

    7.5K citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    16 h-index

    41 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    2K citations

  5. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Institute of Parasitology

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    984 citations

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  1. Journal of Parasitology

    88 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. Parasitology

    77 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 47 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. International Journal for Parasitology

    27 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Journal of Helminthology

    26 publications · 601 citations

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