Manipulação parasito-hospedeiro

Abstract

Parasites that modify their hosts offer fascinating examples of how a system can be altered to serve the interests of a hostile organism. fungi, helminths, and a wide range of insects. Fossilized ants show that the manipulation strategy has already changed at least 20 times, and that they are well established at about 30-50 million years ago, implying that the emergence of this manipulation appeared much earlier than that date. In this work, the history of manipulation was explored, showing a general overview of the host-parasite manipulation theme in order to investigate behavioral and phenotypic manipulations, and an updated compilation was written with the information found. The general objective of this review is to capture the most up-to-date findings on the subject, emphasizing the fundamental characteristics for understanding the subject, presenting the reader with prominent examples of vector manipulation by its parasites.