Article
Trichinella spiralis: immunity, ecology, and evolution.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Aug 1993
Wakelin D
Abstract excerpt
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 parasit...
Topics
- Animals
- Genetic Variation
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Humans
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Muscles
- Trichinella spiralis
- Trichinellosis