Animal defenses against infectious agents: is damage control more important than pathogen control

Animal defenses against infectious agents: is damage control more important than pathogen control

The ability of hosts to withstand a given number of pathogens is a critical component of health. Now playing catch-up with plant biologists, animal biologists are starting to formally separate this form of defense from classical resistance.

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS biology 2008-12, Vol.6 (12), p.e4-e4
Hauptverfasser: Read, Andrew F, Graham, Andrea L, Råberg, Lars
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Biologi
Biological Sciences
Communicable Diseases - genetics
Communicable Diseases - immunology
Communicable Diseases - microbiology
Communicable Diseases - pathology
Defense mechanisms
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Genetic aspects
Host-parasite relationships
Hypotheses
Immune response
Immune Tolerance
Immunity
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Natural Sciences
Naturvetenskap
Parasites
Population
Primer
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Zusammenfassung:The ability of hosts to withstand a given number of pathogens is a critical component of health. Now playing catch-up with plant biologists, animal biologists are starting to formally separate this form of defense from classical resistance.
ISSN:1545-7885
1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000004