The PHA Test Reflects Acquired T-Cell Mediated Immunocompetence in Birds

BACKGROUND: cological immunology requires techniques to reliably measure immunocompetence in wild vertebrates. The PHA-skin test, involving subcutaneous injection of a mitogen (phytohemagglutinin, PHA) and measurement of subsequent swelling as a surrogate of T-cell mediated immunocompetence, has bee...

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Autores principales: Tella, José L., Lemus, Jesús A., Carrete, Martina, Blanco, Guillermo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18820730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003295

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18820730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003295

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