Fatal attraction in rats infected with Toxoplasma gondii
By M. Berdoy, J. Webster, David W. Macdonald. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2000
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Subfields: Epidemiology, Parasitology, Virology
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Citations in the corpus
- Parasite Manipulation of Host Behavior: An Update and Frequently Asked Questions (2010, neutral): “Finally, the widespread protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which must be transmitted from a rat intermediate host to a cat definitive host, reverses the innate aversion of its rat host to cat odor into an attraction toward cat odor, with obvious consequences (Berdoy et al., 2000).”
- Do house mice modify their foraging behaviour in response to predator odours and habitat (2004, background): “…appear consistently to avoid traps and areas tainted with the odour of potential predators (Fulk 1972; Stoddart 1976, 1982; Dickman&Doncaster 1984; Gorman 1984; Jedrzejewski & Jedrzejewska 1990; Calder & Gorman 1991; Swihart 1991; Dickman 1992; Jedrzejewski et al. 1993; Berdoy et al. 2000).”
- Host Manipulation by Parasites: Cases, Patterns, and Remaining Doubts (2016, neutral): “Infected rats convert their innate fear of cat odors into attraction and exhibit enhanced general activity and decreased reaction times: all these behaviors enhance their risk of predation (Berdoy et al., 2000; Vyas et al., 2007; Flegr, 2013a).”
- Microbial genes, brain & behaviour – epigenetic regulation of the gut–brain axis (2014, background): “…show a remarkable decrease in avoidance of cat urine odour, which known as the ‘fatal attraction phenomenon’ and is interpreted as a host-induced behavioural alteration that increases the chance of successful predation and ingestion by a cat (Berdoy et al. 2000; Vyas et al. 2007; Webster 2001).”
- Do hairworms (Nematomorpha) manipulate the water seeking behaviour of their terrestrial hosts? (2002, background): “For instance, many tropically transmitted parasites alter the phenotype of their intermediate hosts in a way that increases their likelihood of being eaten by predatory definitive hosts (Moore, 1984; Thomas & Poulin, 1998; Lafferty, 1999; Berdoy et al., 2000; Brown et al., 2001; Hurd et al., 2001).”