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Innate Immunity Correlates with Host Fitness in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Exposed to Classical Swine Fever

Constitutive humoral immunity (CHI) is thought to be a first-line of protection against pathogens invading vertebrate hosts. However, clear evidence that CHI correlates with host fitness in natural conditions is still lacking. This study explores the relationship between CHI, measured using a haemag...

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Autores principales: Rossi, Sophie, Doucelin, Anaïs, Le Potier, Marie-Frédérique, Eraud, Cyril, Gilot-Fromont, Emmanuelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079706