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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New Parasite of the Month: #Vavraia #culicis, a #microsporidian infecting several genera of #mosquitoes, authored by @luismsilva.bsky.social @tiagogzeferino.bsky.social & J. Koella. #Aedes #Culex #Anopheles #Culiseta #Ochlerotatus #Orthopodomyia @science.ubc.ca authors.elsevier.com/a/1kpZQ5Eb1x...

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Check out our latest overview of Vavraia culicis, now at @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social! A really cool widespread microsporidian parasite! @tiagogzeferino.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1kpZQ5Eb1x...

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

First pre-print of the year 🥳 Curious about how infection complexity and transmission affect the classical ideas of virulence evolution? Check our new paper! Also, this thread 1/7

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Complex interactions in the life cycle of a simple parasite shape the evolution of virulence

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Pt2 of our transmission selection lines saga is out now! Here we applied our new transmission framework to demonstrate how virulence evolution can only be understood by integrating parasite evolution within and outside the host. See below and share :) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Virulence evolution: thinking outside of the host

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

And I also advice you to check Tiago’s work, also from Koella’s lab for some nice insights into parasite evolution, its adaptation potential and how it might affect vector control :) in the same room, just a bit before!

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Also interested in disease behaviour? Check Tiago’s (Super cool!) new preprint on how mosquitoes choose the best diet for the infection phase they are in - based on the antioxidant/prooxidant content of the diet! #Anopheles #MicroSky #BlueSky #EvoSky

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The last part of our transmission lines saga is out now! 🦟 🦠 Here we show several #Anopheles host effectors that are parasite-specific and/or virulence-dependent to a #microsporidia via metallomics, diet manip and resource dynamics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #EvoSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Check Tiago’s part2 preprint for the physiology of self-medication in #Anopheles #EvoSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Ever wondered how life history impacts an organism energy reserves? Well check our latest preprint below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Turns out, the presence of certain energetic shifts is a stronger predictor of survival! #EvoSky #MicroSky

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Energetic shifts predict the mortality of Anopheles gambiae

Life history theory predicts that resource allocation adapts to ecological and evolutionary pressures. We investigated resource and energy dynamics in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae after exposu...

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