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Mosquito age and avian malaria infection

BACKGROUND: The immune system of many insects wanes dramatically with age, leading to the general prediction that older insects should be more susceptible to infection than their younger counterparts. This prediction is however challenged by numerous studies showing that older insects are more resis...

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Autores principales: Pigeault, Romain, Nicot, Antoine, Gandon, Sylvain, Rivero, Ana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0912-z