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Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 12 Jan 2009

Råberg Lars, Graham Andrea L, Read Andrew F

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Plant biologists have long recognized that host defence against parasites and pathogens can be divided into two conceptually different components: the ability to limit parasite burden (resistance) and the ability to limit the harm caused by a given burden (tolerance). Together these two components determine how well a host is protected against the effects of parasitism. This distinction is useful because it...

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PMID: 18926971
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0184
PMCID: PMC2666700

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