Article
Variation and immunity to intestinal worms.
Parasitology - 1 Jan 2002
Wakelin D, Farias S E, Bradley J E
Abstract excerpt
Genetically determined variation in host capacity to express resistance to a given parasite plays a major role in determining the outcome of infection. It can be assumed that the same is true of variation in parasites, but very much less is known of its influence on the host-parasite relationship. Phenotypic and genotypic variation within species of intestinal worms is now well documented, detailed studies having...
Topics
- Animals
- Drug Resistance
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic
- Trichinella