Some (worms) like it hot: fish parasites grow faster in warmer water, and alter host thermal preferences

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Parasite infection and decreased thermal tolerance: impact of proliferative kidney disease on a wild salmonid fish in the context of climate change (2017, background): “Notably, infections might become more detrimental for hosts under increased temperature conditions because of enhanced parasite growth (Macnab & Barber 2012), higher metabolic demands in ectothermic hosts (Mu~noz et al. 2015) and negative impact of infections on host metabolic machinery (Sepp€anen…”
Control of Brain Development, Function, and Behavior by the Microbiome (2015, unknown): “Temperature preference of the host can even be altered, such as observed during infection of stickleback fish by Schistocephalus solidus, which changes the hosts’ preference from cooler waters to warmer waters where the parasite can grow more readily (Macnab and Barber, 2012).”