Anopheles gambiae larvae mount stronger immune responses against bacterial infection than adults: evidence of adaptive decoupling in mosquitoes

BACKGROUND: The immune system of adult mosquitoes has received significant attention because of the ability of females to vector disease-causing pathogens while ingesting blood meals. However, few studies have focused on the immune system of larvae, which, we hypothesize, is highly robust due to the...

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Autores principales: League, Garrett P., Estévez-Lao, Tania Y., Yan, Yan, Garcia-Lopez, Valeria A., Hillyer, Julián F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5539753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28764812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2302-6

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