Trichinella spiralis: immunity, ecology, and evolution.

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Parasites exploit the environment provided by their hosts in the same way that free-living animals exploit their physical and biotic environments. There is, however, 1 important difference: the host environment can respond adaptively to infection in ways that may be disadvantageous to the parasite. Immunity provides the most effective adaptive host response and exerts a major selective pressure in parasite...

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