Prugnolle F. auteur aut IRD Lefèvre Thierry auteur aut IRD Renaud F. auteur aut IRD Moller A. P. auteur aut IRD Missé Dorothée auteur aut IRD Thomas F. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Infections are often followed by a change in body odours. For a long time, these changes were considered as non-specific (with no adaptive value) but recent evidences suggest that this may not always be true. Odour modifications due to an infection may either be of adaptive value for the parasite or the host. Here, we describe the observations in support of this idea, discuss the potential roles these modifications may play for the parasite and the host and propose a set of future directions that we think should allow to better understand the mechanisms at the origin of these modifications and how they may be used by both parasites and their human hosts. specialized Infectious diseases Body odours Modifications Chemical ecology 052 9 5 1006-1009 2009 1567-1348 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046337 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.04.018 1567-1348 [F B010046337] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046337 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2009/09/010046337.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2009-10-07 2020-03-26 fdi:010046337 fre