Costs and Benefits of Immunity to Worm Infection

  • Appleton J
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Abstract

The cost of parasitic worms to humanity in the world today is high, with 2 billion people estimated to be infected. These multicellular eukaryotes are highly adapted to their hosts, often causing chronic infection. Reinfection is common as well, and the development of …

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Appleton, J. A. (2012). Costs and Benefits of Immunity to Worm Infection. The Journal of Immunology, 189(3), 1101–1103. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1201596

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