Host switching is the main driver of coevolution between Hepatozoon parasites and their vertebrate hosts

Host switching is the main driver of coevolution between Hepatozoon parasites and their vertebrate hosts

Abstract Background Hepatozoon spp. are apicomplexan parasites with a heteroxenous life cycles, involving vertebrate intermediate hosts and invertebrate definitive hosts. These parasites infect a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates causing subclinical infection or mild-to-severe clinical m...

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Main Authors: Raúl Matamoros-Suárez, Víctor M. Montenegro, Federico Villalobos-Brenes, Mar Llaberia-Robledillo, Alberto Solano-Barquero, Gad Baneth, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Alicia Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Protozoa
Host
Phylogenetics
Cospeciation
Coevolution
PACo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06870-4
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