Late stage LC infection signals for increased host immune and stress responses relative to controls were indicated by upregulated DEGs (n = 128) that included those such as clec, spp, tsp, DAF‐16 responsive and CUB domain containing protein genes (Data S4) (Di et al. 2018; Dierking et al. 2016; Ermolaeva and Schumacher 2014; Irazoqui et al. 2010; Martineau et al. 2021; Shivers et al. 2008; Visvikis et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2023). The gene discussed is THBS1; the disease is infection.