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Concomitant Immunity and Worm Senescence May Drive Schistosomiasis Epidemiological Patterns: An Eco-Evolutionary Perspective

In areas where human schistosomiasis is endemic, infection prevalence and egg output are known to rise rapidly through childhood, reach a peak at 8–15 years of age, and decline thereafter. A similar peak (“overshoot”) followed by return to equilibrium infection levels sometimes occurs a year or less...

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Autores principales: Buck, Julia C., De Leo, Giulio A., Sokolow, Susanne H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32161583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00160