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Parasite Pathogenicity

Parasite Pathogenicity is a theoretical construct within parasitology that denotes the inherent capacity of a parasitic organism to induce disease in its host, distinguished from related concepts by its focus on the quantitative and qualitative mechanisms through which parasites damage host tissues, evade immune responses, and disrupt physiological functions across diverse host-parasite systems, particularly in avian and piscine contexts.

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Parasites and Pathogens of Insects

Stefan T. Jaronski, Nancy E. Beckage, S. N. Thompson et al. · Journal of Parasitology · 1994 · 619 citations · Full text

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Are avian blood parasites pathogenic in the wild? A medication experiment in blue tits (<i>Parus caeruleus</i>)

Santiago Merino, Juan Moreno, Juan José Sanz et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2000 · 463 citations · Full text

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The Impact of Infection and Disease on Animal Populations: Implications for Conservation Biology

Marilyn E. Scott · Conservation Biology · 1988 · 395 citations

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Disruption of Toxoplasma gondii Parasitophorous Vacuoles by the Mouse p47-Resistance GTPases

Sascha Martens, Iana Parvanova, Jens Zerrahn et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2005 · 356 citations · Full text

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Infectivity of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum to colonized Phlebotomus perniciosus

Ricardo Molina, Carmen Amela, Javier Nieto et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1994 · 334 citations

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  1. GV
    Gediminas Valkiūnas

    Nature Research Centre, Lithuania

    12 publications · 913 citations

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  2. LM
    Luis Miguel Ortega‐Mora

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    8 publications · 181 citations

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  3. AH
    Andrew Hemphill

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    7 publications · 242 citations

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  4. VP
    Vaidas Palinauskas

    Nature Research Centre, Lithuania

    7 publications · 730 citations

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  5. JR
    Javier Regidor‐Cerrillo

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    6 publications · 145 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    50 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Nature Research Centre

    Vilnius, Lithuania

    11 h-index

    37 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    11 h-index

    57 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    2K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    775 citations

  7. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    9 h-index

    28 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Parasitology

    67 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 28 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Parasitology

    36 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 30 publications · 690 citations

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  5. Parasitology Research

    17 publications · 383 citations

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