Diet alters epidemic size and timing in a trophically-transmitted parasite
Juliana Jiranek, Allyson Motter, Neha Channamraju, Ean Huang, Tessa Batterton, Amanda Kyle Gibson
The paper investigates how diet affects parasite transmission and epidemic dynamics in nematodes, finding that high-quality diets increase parasite abundance during epidemics despite similar fitness reductions across diets.
bioRxiv · May 19, 2026 · PreprintEcology