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Avian malaria and bird humoral immune response
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium parasites are known to impose fitness costs on their vertebrate hosts. Some of these costs are due to the activation of the immune response, which may divert resources away from self-maintenance. Plasmodium parasites may also immuno-deplete their hosts. Thus, infected individu...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5807826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29426311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2219-3 |