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Jhelam N. Deshpande

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0003-3185-4589Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary Biology· 3

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Oliver KaltziD· 3 shared Emanuel A. FronhoferiD· 2 shared Vasilis DakosiD· 2 shared Charlene Sanchez· 1 shared Claire Gougat‐Barbera· 1 shared Giacomo ZilioiD· 1 shared Giulio PetroniiD· 1 shared Julien D. Lombard· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 15, 2026

Evolution at experimental epidemic fronts speeds up parasite spread

Manasven Raina, Margherita Allotta, Julien D. Lombard…·Giacomo Zilio

This study shows that parasites at the front of an epidemic evolve higher infectivity and lower virulence, which accelerates epidemic spread when host dispersal is limited.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.06.697932

experimental assayhost-pathogen & immune response

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Evolutionary BiologyEvolutionPeer-reviewedNov 25, 2025

Co-evolution of host dispersal and parasite virulence in complex landscapes.

Jhelam N. Deshpande, Ruthvik S. Pallagatti, Vasilis Dakos…·Emanuel A. Fronhofer

The paper develops an eco-evolutionary model to study how host dispersal and parasite virulence co-evolve in different landscapes, finding landscape-specific patterns influenced by network topology.

DOI 10.1093/evolut/qpaf241

statistical modelhost-pathogen & immune response

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Evolutionary BiologyEvolution LettersPeer-reviewedApr 1, 2025

Landscape structure drives eco-evolution in host-parasite systems.

Jhelam N. Deshpande, Vasilis Dakos, Oliver Kaltz, Emanuel A. Fronhofer

The paper develops an eco-evolutionary model of host-parasite dynamics on spatial networks, showing virulence is unimodal with dispersal and kin selection drives virulence evolution.

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statistical modelhost-pathogen & immune response

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