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  bibo_abstract:
  - Defense against pathogens and parasites requires substantial investment of energy
    and resources on part of the host. This makes the host immune function dependent
    on availability and accessibility of resources. A resource deprived host is therefore
    expected to be more susceptible to infections, although empirical results do not
    always align with this prediction. Limiting host access to resources can additionally
    impact within-host pathogen numbers, either directly by altering the amount of
    resources available to the pathogens for proliferation or indirectly by altering
    the efficiency of the host immune system. We tested for the effects of host starvation
    (complete deprivation of resources) on susceptibility to bacterial pathogens,
    and within-host pathogen proliferation, in Drosophila melanogaster females. Our
    results show that starvation increases post-infection mortality of the host, but
    in a pathogen-specific manner. This increase in mortality is always accompanied
    by increased within-host pathogen proliferation. We therefore propose that starvation
    compromises host resistance to bacterial infections in Drosophila melanogaster
    females thereby increasing susceptibility to infections.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Aabeer
      foaf_name: Basu, Aabeer
      foaf_surname: Basu
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Aparajita
      foaf_name: Singh, Aparajita
      foaf_surname: Singh
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Suhaas
      foaf_name: Sehgal, Suhaas
      foaf_surname: Sehgal
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Tanvi
      foaf_name: Madaan, Tanvi
      foaf_surname: Madaan
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Nagaraj Guru
      foaf_name: Prasad, Nagaraj Guru
      foaf_surname: Prasad
  bibo_doi: 10.5061/dryad.pvmcvdnp8
  dct_date: 2022^xs_gYear
  dct_publisher: Dryad@
  dct_title: Starvation increases susceptibility to bacterial infection and promotes
    systemic pathogen proliferation in Drosophila melanogaster females@
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