Lifeâhistory correlations change under coinfection leading to higher pathogen load
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The ability of a parasite strain to establish and grow on its host may be drastically altered by simultaneous infection by other parasite strains. However, we still lack an understanding of how lifeâhistory allocations may change under coinfection, although lifeâhistory correlations are a critical mechanism restricting the evolutionary potential and epidemiological dynamics of pathogens. Here, we study how lifeâhistory stages and their correlations change in the obligate fungal pathogen Podosphaera plantaginis under single infection and coinfection scenarios. We find increased pathogen loads under coinfection, but this is not explained by an enhanced performance at any of the lifeâhistory stages that constitute infections. Instead, we show that under coinfection the correlation between timing of sporulation and final pathogen load becomes positive. The changes in pathogen lifeâhistory allocations leading to more severe infections under coinfection can have farâreaching epidemiological c...
