Pathogen avoidance, also referred to as, parasite avoidance or pathogen disgust, refers to the theory that the disgust response, in humans, is an adaptive...

(July 19, 2018). "Ectoparasite defence in humans: relationships to pathogen avoidance and clinical implications". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal...

cues for pathogen threat are often ambiguous and overgeneralized, a better ability to detect smells would lead to better pathogen avoidance. Recent work...

research has focused on host pathogen defences traditionally considered "non-immunological", such as pathogen avoidance, self-medication, symbiont-mediated...

bodily control. Pathogen avoidance: Uncanny stimuli may activate a cognitive mechanism that originally evolved to motivate the avoidance of potential sources...

Kupfer, Tom R. (October 2018). "Why are injuries disgusting? Comparing pathogen avoidance and empathy accounts". Emotion. 18 (7): 959–970. doi:10.1037/emo0000395...

Parasite-stress theory, or pathogen-stress theory, is a theory of human evolution proposing that parasites and diseases encountered by a species shape...

pathways, which activate physiological immune responses. Finally, pathogen avoidance behavior represents another line of C. elegans immune defense. All...

Jaeger, Bastian (2021-03-31). "Pathogen disgust sensitivity: Individual differences in pathogen perception or pathogen avoidance?". doi:10.31234/osf.io/k26hg...

of disgust: pathogen disgust, which "motivates the avoidance of infectious microorganisms"; sexual disgust, "which motivates the avoidance of [dangerous]...

An opportunistic infection is an infection caused by pathogens (bacteria, fungi, parasites or viruses) that take advantage of an opportunity not normally...

psychological factors are closely associated with disgust, specifically pathogen avoidance. Reclaimed water is considered safe when appropriately used. Reclaimed...

This may be due high pathogen load favoring avoidance of other groups, which may reduce pathogen transmission, or a high pathogen load preventing the creation...

lack of discrimination in other areas of human activity, such as pathogen avoidance and intergroup conflict, is similarly detrimental from an evolutionary...

their own right, can illuminate parasite-avoidance strategies employed by hosts. Usually parasites (and pathogens) need to avoid killing their hosts, since...

(ETI), which is dependent upon the recognition of pathogen effectors, proteins secreted by the pathogen that alter functions in the host, by plant resistance...

groups displaying the same underlying psychological adaptation for pathogen avoidance? As well, the issue of behavioral variation and transmitted culture...

cannot be treated. Only seeds that have been tested and treated for the pathogen should be planted. The origin of PMMoV has been linked to Tomato mosaic...

Water removal is the primary means of weight and volume reduction, while pathogen destruction is frequently accomplished through heating during thermophilic...

'Christmas' Phytophthora phaseoli is one example of a pathogen of the lima bean. It is an oomycete plant pathogen that causes downy mildew of lima bean during...

health care system in Maryland, with the largest savings coming from avoidance of urinary tract infections, sepsis and other severe infections, and pneumonia...

such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, for example, which is an opportunistic pathogen. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. putida was taxonomically confirmed to be...

it can destroy an entire orchard in a single growing season. The causal pathogen is Erwinia amylovora, a Gram-negative bacterium in the genus Erwinia, order...

Botrytis fabae is a plant pathogen, a fungus that causes chocolate spot disease of broad or fava bean plants, Vicia faba. It was described scientifically...

hypersensitivity can usually be resolved with topical corticosteroids and trigger avoidance. An example of a tuberculosis (TB) infection that comes under control:...

help salamanders defend against fungal pathogens. For example, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungal pathogen that causes a disease called chytridiomycosis...

infection. The best means of prevention are overall mosquito control and the avoidance of bites in areas where the disease is common. This may be partly achieved...

consuming a relative. Other negative effects may include the increased risk of pathogen transmission as the encounter rate of hosts increases. Cannibalism, however...

proteins on its cell surface. Dscam interaction stimulates neuronal self-avoidance mechanisms that are essential for normal neural circuit development. The...

population is generally low. This is mainly attributed to the panda's avoidance of interspecific competition. The species has been located at elevations...