Taeniid history, natural selection and antigenic diversity: evolutionary theory meets helminthology

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-102

  Haag, Karen L ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^b   Ayala, Francisco J ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG RESEARCH; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TAENIA; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TAENIA;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; TAENIIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 38349093272     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.11.004     Document Type: Review

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