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Long Antibody Persistence and Transgenerational Transfer of Immunity in a Long-Lived Vertebrate
13 Nov 2014
Abstract excerpt
Although little studied in natural populations, the persistence of immunoglobulins may dramatically affect the dynamics of immunity and the ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions involving vertebrate hosts. By means of a multiple-year vaccination design against Newcastle disease virus, we experimentally addressed whether levels of specific antibodies can persist over several years in females of a...
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