Thermodynamics of trematode infectivity.Temperature is an important factor influencing the biology of organisms and is intrinsically linked to climate change.  The present study analyses the thermodynamics of the infectivity of larval trematodes including miracidia, cercariae and metacercariae from experimental data contained in the scientific literature using the Arrhenius critical incremental energy of activation (E*), an accurate measure of temperature-driven reaction rates.  For miracidia and cercariae, infectivity increases as the temperature rises reaching a plateau over optimal thermal ranges before declining at higher temperatures. 
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