Jonathan S. Compton

From exposure to infection: divergent fitness consequences of parasite encounters in a trophically-transmitted system

This study examines the fitness consequences of parasite exposure versus infection in copepods, finding that exposure to sympatric parasites incurs lower fitness costs than exposure to allopatric parasites.

Needle in a haystack: A droplet digital polymerase chain reaction assay to detect rare helminth parasites infecting natural host populations

The paper develops a droplet digital PCR assay to detect and quantify rare helminth parasites in environmental samples, demonstrating its sensitivity and applicability across multiple helminth systems.