How can your parasites become your allies?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Fellous, Simon ^a   Salvaudon, Lucie ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARAMECIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 59349100992     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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