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Francesca Santicchia

University of InsubriaORCID 0000-0003-4814-9632Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintJun 30, 2025

Linking host personality and parasitic infection: a meta-analysis

Anna Pia Piscitelli, Simone Messina, Lucas Armand Wauters…·Bram Vanden Broecke

This paper conducts a meta-analysis of 226 effect sizes from 80 studies to examine how host personality traits relate to parasitic infection, finding that experimental infections reduce activity and exploration, while observational studies show activity-exploration correlates with infection risk.

DOI 10.1101/2025.06.30.662423

statistical modelhost-pathogen & immune response

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