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Host-pathogen interactions

A dual-functional antiviral and anticancer peptide to target intricate host-pathogen interacting proteins of human papillomavirus associated with head and neck cancer

Gayathri Ashok, Soumyadip Ghosh, Sanandita Sengupta, Bikramjit Bhattacharya, Pratiksha Jana, Paul Livingstone, Sudha Ramaiah, Anand Anbarasu

published 09 Oct 2026

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Characterization of the dual functions of Leishmania CK1.2 in both the parasite and the macrophage

Daniel Martel, Olivier Leclercq, Florent Dingli, Victor Laigle, Nawal Hajj Sleiman, Damarys Loew, Gerald F. Späth, Najma Rachidi

published 05 Oct 2026

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Proteomic characterization of adult Fasciola gigantica recovered from naturally infected buffaloes in Punjab Pakistan

Kinza Shahid, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Muhammad Ehsan, Rui-Si Hu, Areeba Yousaf, Gildardo Rivera, Muhammad Safdar, Muhammad Rashid, Muhammad Irfan Malik, Muhammad Mudasser Nazir

published 21 Aug 2026

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Guest-ant social parasites avoid conflict with social hosts using venom signaling

Matthew R. Boot, Kyle S. Sozanski, Mazie Davis, Ian M. Hamilton, Rachelle M. M. Adams

published 12 Aug 2026

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Temporal changes in intensity of bird parasite infections are dependent on latitude in the Western Palearctic

Anders Pape Møller, Santiago Merino, Juan José Soler, Frank Adriaensen, Alejandro Cantarero, Tapio Eeva, Jordi Figuerola, Marina García-del Río, Jorge Garrido-Bautista, Dieter Heylen, Alfonso Marzal, Erik Matthysen, Piotr Matyjasiak, Ana Claudia Norte, Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez, Milena Svobodová, Eszter Szöllősi, Janos Török, Francisco Valera, Jesús Veiga, Nadia Ziane

published 09 Apr 2026

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Sex, density dependence, and urbanization level shape host infection by an obligate endoparasite

J. Scott MacIvor, Thomas C. K. Hall

published 12 Feb 2026

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Parasites of the hermit crab Pagurus hirsutiusculus; distribution, prevalence, and thermal ecology

Madeleine H. Abbott, Christopher D.G. Harley, Harmony A. Martell, Carly Janusson, Matthew A. Lemay, Alyssa-Lois M. Gehman

published 19 Nov 2025

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A graph neural network-based approach for predicting SARS-CoV-2–human protein interactions from multiview data

Sumanta Ray, Syed Alberuni, Alexander Schönhuth

published 25 Sep 2025

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Estimating affective polarization on a social network

Marilena Hohmann, Michele Coscia

published 24 Sep 2025

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Dehydration does not drive host behavioural manipulation by hairworms

Louise M. Coates, Kieran Reynolds, Mara Carey-Wood, Dominika Lastik, Chris Vennard, Jean-François Doherty, Eddy Dowle, Benjamin J. Matthews, Leonard J. Foster, Stuart E. Reynolds, Vicky L. Hunt

published 23 Sep 2025

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The blood-sucking tick Ixodes hexagonus reveals dietary stable isotope signatures of mammalian hosts

Gaia G. Mortier, Stuart Black, Andrew C. Kitchener, Katherine A. Sainsbury, Robbie A. McDonald, Georg Hantke, M. Alejandra Perotti

published 03 Jul 2025

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Intelligent penetration testing method for power internet of things systems combining ontology knowledge and reinforcement learning

Shoudao Sun, Yi Lu, Di Wu, Guangyan Zhang

published 28 May 2025

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Fungal community and taxa specialization to host and environment interactions in two temperate forests

Maria Soledad Benitez Ponce, Michelle H. Hersh, Lindsey Becker, Rytas Vilgalys, James S. Clark

published 09 May 2025

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