Amphibian Co-Infection Responses to Parasite Dose and Identity

Experimental data from a study exposing Cuban treefrogs to three parasites in pairwise combinations across a range of doses. The research investigates how parasite identity and density affect co-infection dynamics and host pathology. The dataset was produced by researchers at the University of Notre Dame and is available via Open Access.

Use Cases

• Modeling density-dependent host-pathogen interactions based on controlled exposure doses.
• Analyzing asymmetric parasite-parasite interactions in co-infections.
• Studying the impact of co-infections on host health outcomes like pathology.
• Comparing the effects of different parasite types (nematode, fungus, virus) in a single host system.

Strengths

• Focuses on co-infections, a common but understudied scenario in nature.
• Examines three distinct parasite types implicated in amphibian declines.
• Tests all pairwise combinations of parasites across a range of doses.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect experimental bias inherent to the specific laboratory setup.

Provenance

Source

University of Notre Dame

Collection Method

Controlled laboratory experiment exposing Cuban treefrogs to parasites.