A heavy legacy: offspring of malaria-infected mosquitoes show reduced disease resistance

BACKGROUND: Trans-generational effects of immune stimulation may have either adaptive (trans-generational immune priming) or non-adaptive (fitness costs) effects on offspring ability to fight pathogens. METHODS: Anopheles coluzzii and its natural malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum were used to t...

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Autores principales: Vantaux, Amélie, Dabiré, Kounbobr Roch, Cohuet, Anna, Lefèvre, Thierry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25412797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-442

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25412797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-442

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