From host individual traits to community structure and composition: <i>Bartonella </i>infection insights

The aim of this study is three-fold. First, data on <i>Bartonella </i>infection across rodent communities were employed to investigate which host traits at the individual level are mostly associated with odds of <i>Bartonella </i>infection and how community diversity affects the infection odds in Atlantic Rainforest areas. Second, we also aimed to assess whether <i>Bartonella </i>infection probability would be affected by host functional and phylogenetic similarities considering mammal species belonging to different taxonomic orders occurring in Brazil. Finally, we aimed to examine whether host trait patterns affect host centralities in <i>Bartonella </i>lineage sharing recorded in Brazil.

本研究旨在达成三重研究目标：其一，借助大西洋雨林区域内啮齿动物群落的巴尔通体（Bartonella）感染数据，探究个体水平上哪些宿主性状与巴尔通体感染风险关联最为紧密，以及群落多样性如何影响该区域的感染风险；其二，针对巴西境内隶属于不同分类阶元的哺乳类物种，评估宿主的功能相似性与系统发育相似性是否会对巴尔通体感染概率产生影响；其三，探究巴西境内已记录的巴尔通体谱系共享事件中，宿主性状模式是否会对宿主中心性产生影响。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集聚焦于巴尔通体感染研究，旨在通过分析啮齿动物和哺乳动物群落，探讨宿主个体特征、群落多样性及功能与系统发育相似性对感染概率的影响。研究覆盖巴西大西洋雨林地区，涉及宿主-寄生虫相互作用和群落生态学等领域，数据可用于分析感染机制和宿主中心性。