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Urinary neopterin levels increase and predict survival during a respiratory outbreak in wild chimpanzees (Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire)

Monitoring immune system activation of wild animals has garnered increasing interest within the field of ecological immunology, leading to an urgent need for non-invasive biomarkers measuring these changes. Urinary neopterin, a marker of the cell-mediated immune response, is validated as an immune-r...

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Autores principales: Wu, Doris F., Behringer, Verena, Wittig, Roman M., Leendertz, Fabian H., Deschner, Tobias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30190614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31563-7