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The Suppression of Immune System Disorders by Passive Attrition

Exposure to infectious diseases has an unexpected benefit of inhibiting autoimmune diseases and allergies. This is one of many fundamental fitness tradeoffs associated with immune system architecture. The immune system attacks pathogens, but also may (inappropriately) attack the host. Exposure to pa...

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Autores principales: Stromberg, Sean P., Carlson, Jean M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009648