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Host switch

In parasitology and epidemiology, a host switch (or host shift) is an evolutionary change of the host specificity of a parasite or pathogen. For example, the human immunodeficiency virus used to infect and circulate in non-human primates in West-central Africa, but switched to humans in the early 20th century.

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Host switching features

Stages of host switch

Zoonosis and spillover

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Host switch

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples33
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Host switch

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related to Reason for host switch events · 7
Host switch → All, Diseases, In, Some, The, These, This
related to Influenza · 6
Host switch → H1N1, H5N1, H7N9, IAVs, Influenza, These
related to Types of host switching · 6
Host switch → According, After, HIV, Recent, The, This
related to Zoonosis and spillover · 6
Host switch → An, However, These, They, This, Those
related to Stages of host switch · 4
Host switch → According, Isolated, Microbiology, Molecular Biology Review
related to Host switch and pathogenicity · 3
Host switch → However, The, This

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host species virus switch new influenza human pathogen pathogens humans infection adapted population tetherin protein transmission primates however iavs viral

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rabiesinstance ofThis is the case for spillover events0.80text
Host switchrelated to Host switch and pathogenicityThe0.60section
Host switchrelated to Host switch and pathogenicityThis0.60section
Host switchrelated to Host switch and pathogenicityHowever0.60section
Host switchrelated to InfluenzaInfluenza0.60section
Host switchrelated to InfluenzaH1N10.60section
Host switchrelated to InfluenzaH5N10.60section
Host switchrelated to InfluenzaH7N90.60section
Host switchrelated to InfluenzaThese0.60section
Host switchrelated to InfluenzaIAVs0.60section
Host switchrelated to Reason for host switch eventsAll0.60section
Host switchrelated to Reason for host switch eventsSome0.60section

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